Delphinium nuttallii subsp. nuttallii(synonym of Delphinium oreganum) |
Delphinium lineapetalum |
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Willamette Valley larkspur |
thinpetal larkspur |
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Stems | 40-70 cm. |
(15-)30-60 cm; base usually reddish, glabrous to glaucous. |
Leaves | blade round, 1-5 × 2-6 cm, glabrous; ultimate lobes 5-16, width 1-4 mm (basal), 0.5-3 mm (cauline). |
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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. |
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Flowers | sepals blue or bluish purple, spurs 10-13 mm; lower petal blades 4.5-6.5 mm. |
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. |
Fruits | 13-21 mm, 4-4.5 times longer than wide, puberulent to glabrous. |
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Seeds | seed coat cells narrow, short, cell margins straight, surfaces smooth. |
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2n | = 16. |
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Delphinium nuttallii subsp. nuttallii |
Delphinium lineapetalum |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–early summer. | Flowering spring. |
Habitat | Rock outcrops, rocky meadows | Open pine woods, dry meadows |
Elevation | 20-300 m (100-1000 ft) | 400-1800 m (1300-5900 ft) |
Distribution |
OR; WA |
WA
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Discussion | Of conservation concern. (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. Subscaposa |
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Synonyms | D. nuttallianum var. lineapetalum | |
Name authority | unknown | Ewan: Univ. Colorado Stud., Ser. D, Phys. Sci. 2: 126. (1945) |
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