Delphinium geraniifolium |
Delphinium multiplex |
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Clark Valley larkspur, Mogollon larkspur |
Kittitas larkspur |
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Stems | 60-100 cm; base reddish, puberulent, midstems pubescent. |
(40-)80-130(-180) cm; base usually green, glabrous. |
Leaves | 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. |
blade round on proximal stem, ± cuneate on distal stem, 1.5-9 × 2-14 cm, glabrous; ultimate lobes 3-15, width 15-30 mm (basal), 1-20 mm (cauline). |
Inflorescences | 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. |
25-50-flowered, ± dense; pedicel 0.5-2 cm, glandular-puberulent; bracteoles 4-5 mm from flowers, green to blue, lanceolate-linear, 3-7 mm, glandular-puberulent. |
Flowers | 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. |
sepals dark blue, puberulent, lateral sepals forward pointing to spreading, 12-15 × 5-7 mm, spurs straight, within 20° of horizontal, 12-16 mm; lower petal blades slightly elevated, exposing stamens, 6-8 mm, clefts 2-3 mm; hairs centered, mostly near base of cleft, white. |
Fruits | 13-18 mm, 3-3.5 times longer than wide, puberulent. |
10-15 mm, 3-4 times longer than wide, glandular-puberulent. |
Seeds | unwinged; seed coat cells with margins straight, surfaces ± roughened. |
narrowly wing-margined; seed coat cells with surfaces somewhat roughened. |
2n | = 16. |
= 16. |
Delphinium geraniifolium |
Delphinium multiplex |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering late spring–summer. |
Habitat | Heavy clay soil, dry meadows in coniferous woods | Rocky streambeds |
Elevation | 1800-3400 m (5900-11200 ft) | 1500-1800 m (4900-5900 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; NM
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WA
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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.) |
Delphinium multiplex hybridizes with D. glaucum and D. distichum. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. |
Parent taxa | Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Wislizenana | Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Multiplex |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | D. tenuisectum subsp. amplibracteatum | D. cyanoreios |
Name authority | Rydberg: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 26: 583. (1899) | (Ewan) C. L. Hitchcock: in C. L. Hitchcock et al., Vasc. Pl. Pacif. N.W. 2: 357. (1964) |
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