Delphinium lineapetalum |
Delphinium viridescens |
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thinpetal larkspur |
Wenatchee larkspur |
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Stems | (15-)30-60 cm; base usually reddish, glabrous to glaucous. |
90-150 cm; base usually green, glabrous. |
Leaves | blade round, 1-5 × 2-6 cm, glabrous; ultimate lobes 5-16, width 1-4 mm (basal), 0.5-3 mm (cauline). |
blade cuneate to semicircular, 2-5 × 3-12 cm, nearly glabrous; ultimate lobes 3-21, width 1-8 mm. |
Inflorescences | (3-)9-24(-40)-flowered, pyramidal; pedicel spreading, 1-2.5 cm, glabrous or glandular-puberulent; bracteoles 4-7 mm from flowers, blue or green, linear, 1-3 mm, glabrous or glandular-puberulent. |
25-80-flowered, dense; pedicel 0.5-2 cm, glandular-pubescent; bracteoles 1-4 mm from flowers, green, lanceolate, 3.5-6 mm, glandular-pubescent. |
Flowers | sepals light blue to lavender, nearly glabrous, lateral sepals reflexed, 10-13 × 3-5 mm, spurs straight to slightly decurved, nearly horizontal to ascending ca. 30°, 11-17 mm; lower petal blades elevated, exposing stamens, 3-5 mm, clefts 0.5-2 mm; hairs centered mostly on inner lobes near base of cleft, white. |
sepals yellowish green, nearly glabrous, lateral sepals forward pointing, 7-9 × 3-4 mm, spurs decurved, 30-45° below horizontal, often hooked apically, 8-11 mm; lower petal blades ± covering stamens, 4-6 mm, clefts 0.5-1.5 mm; hairs centered, mostly near junction of blade and claw, yellow. |
Fruits | 13-21 mm, 4-4.5 times longer than wide, puberulent to glabrous. |
8-11 mm, 2.5-3 times longer than wide, puberulent. |
Seeds | seed coat cells narrow, short, cell margins straight, surfaces smooth. |
± wing-margined; seed coat cells with surfaces ± roughened. |
Delphinium lineapetalum |
Delphinium viridescens |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Open pine woods, dry meadows | Wet meadows and streamsides in coniferous forest, heavy clay soils |
Elevation | 400-1800 m (1300-5900 ft) | 500-1000 m (1600-3300 ft) |
Distribution |
WA
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WA
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Discussion | Of conservation concern. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Of conservation concern. Delphinium viridescens is local in mountains southwest of Wenatchee, Washington. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. |
Parent taxa | Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Subscaposa | Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Multiplex |
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Synonyms | D. nuttallianum var. lineapetalum | |
Name authority | Ewan: Univ. Colorado Stud., Ser. D, Phys. Sci. 2: 126. (1945) | Leiberg: Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 11: 39. (1897) |
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