Delphinium geraniifolium |
Delphinium ramosum |
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Clark Valley larkspur, Mogollon larkspur |
mountain larkspur |
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Stems | 60-100 cm; base reddish, puberulent, midstems pubescent. |
(45-)70-100 cm; base sometimes reddish, puberulent. |
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 to pentagonal, 2-8 × 4-14 cm, nearly glabrous; ultimate lobes 5-21, width 1-5 mm; midcauline leaf lobes more than 3 times longer than wide. |
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. |
(10-)15-40(-120)-flowered; pedicel 1-2.5(-4) cm, puberulent; bracteoles 1-3 mm from flowers, green, sometimes margins white, linear or lanceolate, 3-5(-8) mm, 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 bright dark blue, apex rounded, puberulent, lateral sepals forward pointing to spreading, 11-13 × 4-6 mm, spurs straight, ascending ca. 30° above horizontal, 9-13 mm; lower petal blades ± covering stamens, 5-7 mm, clefts 2-3 mm; hairs centered above base of cleft, white. |
Fruits | 13-18 mm, 3-3.5 times longer than wide, puberulent. |
11-17 mm, 3-4 times longer than wide, puberulent. |
Seeds | unwinged; seed coat cells with margins straight, surfaces ± roughened. |
wing-margined; seed coat cells narrow, short, surfaces roughened. |
2n | = 16. |
= 16. |
Delphinium geraniifolium |
Delphinium ramosum |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Heavy clay soil, dry meadows in coniferous woods | Meadows, aspen woodlands, Artemisia scrub |
Elevation | 1800-3400 m (5900-11200 ft) | 2100-3200(-3400) m (6900-10500(-11200) ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; NM
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CO; 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.) |
Delphinium ramosum hybridizes with D. barbeyi and D. glaucum. (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. Exaltata |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | D. tenuisectum subsp. amplibracteatum | |
Name authority | Rydberg: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 26: 583. (1899) | Rydberg: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 276. (1901) |
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