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Delphinium leucophaeum

pale larkspur, white rock larkspur

Stems

30-60 cm.

Flowers

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

lower petal blades 4-6 mm.

2n

= 16.

Delphinium nuttallii subsp. ochroleucum

Delphinium subsect. Grumosa

Phenology Flowering late spring.
Habitat Rock outcrops, rocky meadows
Elevation 50-100 m (200-300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
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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.)

Source FNA vol. 3.
Parent taxa Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Grumosa > Delphinium nuttallii
Sibling taxa
D. nuttallii subsp. nuttallii, D. nuttallii subsp. ochroleucum
Synonyms D. menziesii var. (ß) ochroleucum, D. leucophaeum
Name authority (Nuttall) M. J. Warnock: Phytologia 78: 98. (1995)
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