Delphinium nuttallii subsp. ochroleucum(synonym of Delphinium leucophaeum) |
Delphinium barbeyi |
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pale larkspur, white rock larkspur |
Barbey larkspur, Barbey's larkspur, subalpine larkspur, tall larkspur |
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Stems | 30-60 cm. |
50-150 cm; base green, glabrous. |
Leaves | blade round to reniform, 4-8 × 7-15 cm, glabrous; ultimate lobes 5-9, width 8-50 mm. |
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Inflorescences | 10-50-flowered; pedicel 0.5-6 cm, glandular-puberulent; bracteoles 1-4(-8) mm from flowers, blue to green, awl-shaped, 5-14 mm, puberulent. |
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Flowers | sepals white or light yellow, spurs 9-11 mm; lower petal blades 4-6 mm. |
sepals dark bluish purple, sparsely puberulent, lateral sepals forward pointing, 13-23 × 5-8 mm, spurs ascending ca. 45°, downcurved apically, 10-18 mm; lower petal blades ± covering stamens, 4-7 mm, clefts 2-3 mm; hairs centered, mostly near base of cleft, sparse elsewhere, white or yellow. |
Fruits | 17-22 mm, 2.5-3 times longer than wide, puberulent. |
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Seeds | wing-margined; seed coat cells narrow but short, surfaces pustulate. |
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2n | = 16. |
= 16. |
Delphinium nuttallii subsp. ochroleucum |
Delphinium barbeyi |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring. | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Rock outcrops, rocky meadows | Subalpine and alpine sites in wet soils |
Elevation | 50-100 m (200-300 ft) | 2500-4100 m (8200-13500 ft) |
Distribution |
OR
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AZ; CO; NM; UT; WY
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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 barbeyi hybridizes extensively with D. glaucum in western Colorado and eastern Utah, where plants appearing to be hybrid [D. ×occidentale (S. Watson) S. Watson] are often far more common than plants of either putative parent. Several other names have been used for these plants, including D. elatum var. occidentale S. Watson, D. abietorum Tidestrom, and D. scopulorum subsp. occidentale (S. Watson) Abrams. Delphinium barbeyi is also known to hybridize with D. ramosum and D. sapellonis. (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 |
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Synonyms | D. menziesii var. (ß) ochroleucum, D. leucophaeum | D. exaltatum var. (e) barbeyi, D. occidentale var. barbeyi |
Name authority | (Nuttall) M. J. Warnock: Phytologia 78: 98. (1995) | (Huth) Huth: Bull. Herb. Boissier 1: 335. (1893) |
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