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tall larkspur
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Edwards' Plateau larkspur, Sierra madre larkspur
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70-200 cm; base reddish, nearly glabrous. |
30-80(-100) cm; base often reddish, puberulent. |
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 semicircular to cordate, 2-8 × 2-10 cm, nearly glabrous; ultimate lobes 3-12, width 3-10 mm (basal), 2-6 mm (cauline). |
8-30-flowered; pedicel 0.5-2 cm, puberulent; bracteoles 2-4 mm from flowers, green, linear, 2-4 mm, puberulent. |
5-75(-98)-flowered; pedicel 1-2.5(-5) cm, puberulent; bracteoles 2-4(-8) mm from flowers, green, lanceolate-linear, 3-5 mm, puberulent. |
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 light blue, puberulent, lateral sepals spreading, 9-15 × 5-7 mm, spurs straight, ascending ca. 45(-90)°, 10-15(-19) mm; lower petal blades elevated, exposing stamens, 4-7 mm, clefts 2-4 mm; hairs centered, densest on inner lobes near base of cleft, white. |
7-12 mm, 2-2.5 times longer than wide, ± puberulent. |
15-21 mm, 3.5-4.5 times longer than wide, nearly glabrous. |
± wing-margined; seed coat cells elongate, surfaces smooth. |
seed coat cells with surfaces pustulate. |
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Flowering spring–early summer. |
| Rocky slopes in open deciduous woods and barrens, mainly on calcareous substrates, also shale and mafic and ultramafic rocks |
Calcareous slopes, oak woods or desert scrub |
| 150-2000 m (500-6600 ft) |
300-2100 m (1000-6900 ft) |
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AL; KY; MD; MO; NC; OH; PA; TN; VA; WV
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TX; Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas) |
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Delphinium madrense hybridizes with D. carolinianum subspp. vimineum and virescens. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
| FNA vol. 3. |
FNA vol. 3. |
| Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Exaltata |
Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Virescens |
D. alabamicum, D. alpestre, D. andersonii, D. andesicola, D. antoninum, D. bakeri, D. barbeyi, D. basalticum, D. bicolor, D. brachycentrum, D. californicum, D. cardinale, D. carolinianum, D. decorum, D. depauperatum, D. distichum, D. elatum, D. geraniifolium, D. geyeri, D. glareosum, D. glaucescens, D. glaucum, D. gracilentum, D. gypsophilum, D. hansenii, D. hesperium, D. hutchinsoniae, D. inopinum, D. lineapetalum, D. luteum, D. madrense, D. menziesii, D. multiplex, D. newtonianum, D. novomexicanum, D. nudicaule, D. nuttallianum, D. nuttallii, D. parishii, D. parryi, D. patens, D. polycladon, D. purpusii, D. ramosum, D. recurvatum, D. robustum, D. sapellonis, D. scaposum, D. scopulorum, D. stachydeum, D. sutherlandii, D. treleasei, D. tricorne, D. trolliifolium, D. uliginosum, D. umbraculorum, D. variegatum, D. viridescens, D. wootonii, D. xantholeucum |
D. alabamicum, D. alpestre, D. andersonii, D. andesicola, D. antoninum, D. bakeri, D. barbeyi, D. basalticum, D. bicolor, D. brachycentrum, D. californicum, D. cardinale, D. carolinianum, D. decorum, D. depauperatum, D. distichum, D. elatum, D. exaltatum, D. geraniifolium, D. geyeri, D. glareosum, D. glaucescens, D. glaucum, D. gracilentum, D. gypsophilum, D. hansenii, D. hesperium, D. hutchinsoniae, D. inopinum, D. lineapetalum, D. luteum, D. menziesii, D. multiplex, D. newtonianum, D. novomexicanum, D. nudicaule, D. nuttallianum, D. nuttallii, D. parishii, D. parryi, D. patens, D. polycladon, D. purpusii, D. ramosum, D. recurvatum, D. robustum, D. sapellonis, D. scaposum, D. scopulorum, D. stachydeum, D. sutherlandii, D. treleasei, D. tricorne, D. trolliifolium, D. uliginosum, D. umbraculorum, D. variegatum, D. viridescens, D. wootonii, D. xantholeucum |
| Aiton: Hort. Kew. 2: 244. (1789) |
S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 141. (1890) |
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