Delphinium exaltatum |
Delphinium brachycentrum |
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tall larkspur |
arctic larkspur, northern larkspur |
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Stems | 70-200 cm; base reddish, nearly glabrous. |
20-50(-80) cm; base often reddish, pubescent. |
Leaves | blade pentagonal, 2-7 × 3-9 cm, puberulent; ultimate lobes 3-7, width 5-25 mm; midcauline leaf lobes less than 3 times longer than wide. |
blade round to pentagonal, 1.5-6 × 3-11 cm, puberulent; ultimate lobes 5-15, width 1-7(-15) mm. |
Inflorescences | 8-30-flowered; pedicel 0.5-2 cm, puberulent; bracteoles 2-4 mm from flowers, green, linear, 2-4 mm, puberulent. |
5-18-flowered; pedicel 1-4.5 cm, pubescent; bracteoles 2-7 mm from flowers, blue, linear, 5-8 mm, puberulent. |
Flowers | sepals whitish to pale lavender or purple, puberulent, lateral sepals forward pointing, 9-11 × 4-6 mm, spurs straight, as much as 45° above or below horizontal, 9-12 mm; lower petal blades ± covering stamens, 3-5 mm, clefts 1-2 mm; hairs centered, mostly near base of cleft, white. |
sepals dark blue, apex rounded, puberulent, lateral sepals forward pointing, 17-24 × 7-9 mm, spurs straight to slightly decurved, ascending 30-60° above horizontal, 15-17 mm; lower petal blades ± covering stamens, 5-7 mm, clefts 0.5-1.5 mm; hairs sparse, local, centered, mostly above base of cleft, white. |
Fruits | 7-12 mm, 2-2.5 times longer than wide, ± puberulent. |
14-17 mm, 3.5-4 times longer than wide, pubescent. |
Seeds | ± wing-margined; seed coat cells elongate, surfaces smooth. |
wing-margined; seed coat cells ± elongate, surfaces roughened. |
Delphinium exaltatum |
Delphinium brachycentrum |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Rocky slopes in open deciduous woods and barrens, mainly on calcareous substrates, also shale and mafic and ultramafic rocks | Well-drained tundra slopes |
Elevation | 150-2000 m (500-6600 ft) | 0-1600 m (0-5200 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; KY; MD; MO; NC; OH; PA; TN; VA; WV
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AK; YT; e Asia |
Discussion | Hybrids with Delphinium glaucum are known as D. ×nutans A. Nelson. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. |
Parent taxa | Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Exaltata | Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Exaltata |
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Synonyms | D. chamissonis | |
Name authority | Aiton: Hort. Kew. 2: 244. (1789) | Ledebour: Fl. Ross. 1: 60. (1841) |
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