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Delphinium nuttallii subsp. ochroleucum

(synonym of Delphinium leucophaeum)

Delphinium andesicola
Delphinium leucophaeum

pale larkspur, white rock larkspur

Chiricahua Mountain larkspur
Stems

30-60 cm.

60-200 +cm;

base reddish or not, glabrous, glaucous.
Leaves

blade cordate to semicircular, 5-8 × 5-12 cm, nearly glabrous; ultimate lobes 5-16, width 3-20 mm, tips gradually tapered to mucronate apex;

midcauline leaf lobes more than 3 times longer than wide.
Inflorescences

20-80-flowered;

pedicel 1-2(-3) cm, puberulent;

bracteoles 1-3 mm from flowers, green to brown, linear-lanceolate, 3-6 mm, puberulent.
Flowers

sepals white or light yellow, spurs 9-11 mm;

lower petal blades 4-6 mm.

sepals purple, puberulent, lateral sepals spreading, 9-12 × 5-7 mm, spurs ascending ca. 45°, curved downward apically, purple, 10-13 mm, blunt tipped;

lower petal blades ± covering stamens, 4-6 mm, clefts 1.5-2.5 mm;

hairs centered, densest on inner lobes near base of cleft, white.
Fruits

12-15 mm, 3.5-4 times longer than wide, sparsely puberulent.
Seeds

unwinged;

seed coat cells elongate, surfaces pustulate.
2n

= 16.

= 16.

Delphinium nuttallii subsp. ochroleucum

Delphinium andesicola
Phenology Flowering late spring. Flowering summer–early fall.
Habitat Rock outcrops, rocky meadows Meadows and coniferous woods
Elevation 50-100 m (200-300 ft) 2200-3200 m (7200-10500 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
OR
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from FNA
AZ
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Discussion

Of conservation concern.

The range of morphologic features of Delphinium nuttallii subsp. ochroleucum (D. leucophaeum) is almost completely encompassed within that of D. nuttallii subsp. nuttallii. Sepal color is the only feature consistently separating the two subspecies. Were it not for the fact that any given population typically has plants of only one flower color, a rank of forma would be more appropriate.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Delphinium andesicola, the westernmost representative of the southern Cordilleran complex, is found in the Chiricahua, Huachuca, Graham, and White mountains. Hybrids with Delphinium scopulorum are known.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 3. FNA vol. 3.
Parent taxa Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Grumosa > Delphinium nuttallii Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Exaltata
Sibling taxa
D. nuttallii subsp. nuttallii, D. nuttallii subsp. ochroleucum
D. alabamicum, D. alpestre, D. andersonii, 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. 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
Synonyms D. menziesii var. (ß) ochroleucum, D. leucophaeum D. andesicola subsp. amplum
Name authority (Nuttall) M. J. Warnock: Phytologia 78: 98. (1995) Ewan: J. Washington Acad. Sci. 29: 476. (1939)
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