Delphinium exaltatum |
Delphinium novomexicanum |
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tall larkspur |
New Mexico larkspur, White Mountain larkspur |
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Stems | 70-200 cm; base reddish, nearly glabrous. |
90-180(-250) cm; base usually green, glabrous. |
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, 5-10 × 8-18 cm, nearly glabrous; ultimate lobes 5-21, width 4-15 mm. |
Inflorescences | 8-30-flowered; pedicel 0.5-2 cm, puberulent; bracteoles 2-4 mm from flowers, green, linear, 2-4 mm, puberulent. |
(20-)30-70(-140)-flowered; pedicel 0.5-1.5 cm, puberulent; bracteoles 1-3 mm from flowers, green, 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 (in bud) purple to lavender, fading brownish, puberulent, lateral sepals ± forward pointing, 7-11 × 4-5 mm, spurs straight to gently decurved, ascending 30-45° above horizontal, 7-11 mm; lower petal blades ± covering stamens, 3.5-6 mm, clefts 1-2 mm; hairs mostly centered between base of cleft and junction of blade and claw, white or yellow. |
Fruits | 7-12 mm, 2-2.5 times longer than wide, ± puberulent. |
12-16 mm, 3-4 times longer than wide, puberulent. |
Seeds | ± wing-margined; seed coat cells elongate, surfaces smooth. |
wing-margined; seed coat cells elongate, surfaces ± roughened. |
2n | = 16. |
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Delphinium exaltatum |
Delphinium novomexicanum |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering summer to early autumn. |
Habitat | Rocky slopes in open deciduous woods and barrens, mainly on calcareous substrates, also shale and mafic and ultramafic rocks | Meadows in coniferous forest |
Elevation | 150-2000 m (500-6600 ft) | 2200-3900 m (7200-12800 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; KY; MD; MO; NC; OH; PA; TN; VA; WV
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NM |
Discussion | Delphinium novomexicanum represents the southern Cordilleran complex in the Sacramento and White mountains. (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. sierrae-blancae | |
Name authority | Aiton: Hort. Kew. 2: 244. (1789) | Wooton: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 37: 37. (1910) |
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