Delphinium nuttallii subsp. nuttallii(synonym of Delphinium oreganum) |
Delphinium andesicola |
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Willamette Valley larkspur |
Chiricahua Mountain larkspur |
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Stems | 40-70 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. |
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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. |
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Flowers | sepals blue or bluish purple, spurs 10-13 mm; lower petal blades 4.5-6.5 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. |
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Seeds | unwinged; seed coat cells elongate, surfaces pustulate. |
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2n | = 16. |
= 16. |
Delphinium nuttallii subsp. nuttallii |
Delphinium andesicola |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–early summer. | Flowering summer–early fall. |
Habitat | Rock outcrops, rocky meadows | Meadows and coniferous woods |
Elevation | 20-300 m (100-1000 ft) | 2200-3200 m (7200-10500 ft) |
Distribution |
OR; WA |
AZ |
Discussion | 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.) |
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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. andesicola subsp. amplum | |
Name authority | unknown | Ewan: J. Washington Acad. Sci. 29: 476. (1939) |
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