Delphinium luteum |
Delphinium novomexicanum |
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golden larkspur, yellow larkspur |
New Mexico larkspur, White Mountain larkspur |
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Stems | 20-40(-55) cm; base often reddish, nearly glabrous. |
90-180(-250) cm; base usually green, glabrous. |
Leaves | blade round to pentagonal, 1-5 × 2-10 cm, nearly glabrous; ultimate lobes 3-5, width 8-30 mm (basal), 5-15 mm (cauline). |
blade round to pentagonal, 5-10 × 8-18 cm, nearly glabrous; ultimate lobes 5-21, width 4-15 mm. |
Inflorescences | 5-25(-37)-flowered; pedicel (1-)3-5(-7) cm, puberulent; bracteoles 6-10(-17) mm from flowers, green, linear-lanceolate, 6-7 mm, nearly glabrous. |
(20-)30-70(-140)-flowered; pedicel 0.5-1.5 cm, puberulent; bracteoles 1-3 mm from flowers, green, linear, 5-8 mm, puberulent. |
Flowers | sepals bright yellow, puberulent, appearing waxy, lateral sepals ± forward pointing, (11-)14-16 × (6-)9-13 mm, spur straight, ca. 30° below horizontal, 11-20 mm; lower petal blades elevated, exposing stamens, 3-4 mm, clefts 0.5-1.5 mm; hairs sparse or absent, ± evenly distributed if present, white to yellow. |
sepals (in bud) purple to lavender, fading brownish, puberulent, lateral sepals ± forward pointing, 7-11 × 4-5 mm, spurs straight to gently decurved, ascending 30-45° above horizontal, 7-11 mm; lower petal blades ± covering stamens, 3.5-6 mm, clefts 1-2 mm; hairs mostly centered between base of cleft and junction of blade and claw, white or yellow. |
Fruits | 11-14 mm, 3.5-4.5 times longer than wide, glabrous. |
12-16 mm, 3-4 times longer than wide, puberulent. |
Seeds | unwinged; seed coat cell surfaces smooth. |
wing-margined; seed coat cells elongate, surfaces ± roughened. |
2n | = 16. |
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Delphinium luteum |
Delphinium novomexicanum |
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Phenology | Flowering late winter-mid spring. | Flowering summer to early autumn. |
Habitat | Wet cliffs, coastal grassland or chaparral | Meadows in coniferous forest |
Elevation | 0-50 m (0-200 ft) | 2200-3900 m (7200-12800 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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NM |
Discussion | Of conservation concern. Delphinium luteum is presently known from only three populations. It is known to hybridize with D. decorum and with D. nudicaule. Populations of D. hesperium subsp. hesperium also occur at the type locality; D. luteum flowers earlier and hybrids are not known. Delphinium luteum is not likely to be mistaken for any other species of Delphinium. It has been treated as a variety of D. nudicaule and is closely related to that species. Sepals of the infrequent yellow-flowered phase of D. nudicaule, however, have a much drabber appearance compared with the bright shining yellow of the sepals in D. luteum. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Delphinium novomexicanum represents the southern Cordilleran complex in the Sacramento and White mountains. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. |
Parent taxa | Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Bicoloria | Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Exaltata |
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Synonyms | D. sierrae-blancae | |
Name authority | A. Heller: Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 6: 68. (1903) | Wooton: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 37: 37. (1910) |
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