Delphinium glareosum |
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Olympic larkspur, Olympic Mountain larkspur, rockslide larkspur |
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Stems | 20-40 cm; base reddish or not, glabrous, glaucous. |
Leaves | blade round, 2-4 × 3-7 cm, not succulent, glabrous; ultimate lobes 7-15, width 3-10 mm (basal), 2-7 mm (cauline). |
Inflorescences | 5-12-flowered; pedicel 1-5(-10) cm, nearly glabrous to glandular-puberulent; bracteoles 2-10(-20) mm from flowers, green, linear, 3-8 mm, puberulent. |
Flowers | sepals dark blue, nearly glabrous, lateral sepals spreading, 14-22 × 6-10 mm, spurs ± straight, orientation varies from 30° above to 30° below horizontal, 16-20 mm; lower petal blades slightly elevated, ± covering stamens, 6-9 mm, clefts 2-4 mm; hairs local, densest on inner lobes near base of cleft, white to light yellow. |
Fruits | 12-17 mm, 2.5-3 times longer than wide, glabrous. |
Seeds | ± wing-margined; seed coat cells with surfaces smooth. |
Delphinium glareosum |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Steep rocky subalpine to alpine slopes |
Elevation | 1500-2800 m (4900-9200 ft) |
Distribution |
OR; WA; BC
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Discussion | See discussion under Delphinium bicolor. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 3. |
Parent taxa | Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Bicoloria |
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Synonyms | D. caprorum |
Name authority | Greene: Pittonia 3: 257. (1898) |
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