Delphinium exaltatum |
Delphinium geraniifolium |
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tall larkspur |
Clark Valley larkspur, Mogollon larkspur |
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Stems | 70-200 cm; base reddish, nearly glabrous. |
60-100 cm; base reddish, puberulent, midstems 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 dark green, at least adaxially, fan-shaped to reniform, 2-5 × 3-7 cm, pubescent, especially abaxially; ultimate lobes 5-15, width 4-15 mm (basal lobes 5-15 mm), apex abruptly tapered, usually mucronate; veins prominent. |
Inflorescences | 8-30-flowered; pedicel 0.5-2 cm, puberulent; bracteoles 2-4 mm from flowers, green, linear, 2-4 mm, puberulent. |
20-90-flowered, dense, cylindric; pedicel ascending to spreading, 1-2 cm, puberulent; bracteoles 1-2 mm from flowers, green, linear, 4-6 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 to purple, puberulent, lateral sepals spreading to slightly forward pointing, 10-14 × 3-5 mm, spurs ascending 20-70°, truncate or downcurved apically, 12-15 mm; lower petal blades slightly elevated, ± exposing stamens, 4-6 mm, clefts 0.5-2 mm; hairs sparse, local below junction of blade and claw, scattered on margins, white. |
Fruits | 7-12 mm, 2-2.5 times longer than wide, ± puberulent. |
13-18 mm, 3-3.5 times longer than wide, puberulent. |
Seeds | ± wing-margined; seed coat cells elongate, surfaces smooth. |
unwinged; seed coat cells with margins straight, surfaces ± roughened. |
2n | = 16. |
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Delphinium exaltatum |
Delphinium geraniifolium |
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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 | Heavy clay soil, dry meadows in coniferous woods |
Elevation | 150-2000 m (500-6600 ft) | 1800-3400 m (5900-11200 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; KY; MD; MO; NC; OH; PA; TN; VA; WV
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AZ; NM
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Discussion | Delphinium geraniifolium is a more pubescent analog of the closely related D. scopulorum, the former occurring in heavier soils at higher elvation. (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. Wislizenana |
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Synonyms | D. tenuisectum subsp. amplibracteatum | |
Name authority | Aiton: Hort. Kew. 2: 244. (1789) | Rydberg: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 26: 583. (1899) |
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