Delphinium nuttallii subsp. nuttallii(synonym of Delphinium oreganum) |
Delphinium novomexicanum |
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Willamette Valley larkspur |
New Mexico larkspur, White Mountain larkspur |
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Stems | 40-70 cm. |
90-180(-250) cm; base usually green, glabrous. |
Leaves | blade round to pentagonal, 5-10 × 8-18 cm, nearly glabrous; ultimate lobes 5-21, width 4-15 mm. |
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Inflorescences | (20-)30-70(-140)-flowered; pedicel 0.5-1.5 cm, puberulent; bracteoles 1-3 mm from flowers, green, linear, 5-8 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 (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 | 12-16 mm, 3-4 times longer than wide, puberulent. |
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Seeds | wing-margined; seed coat cells elongate, surfaces ± roughened. |
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2n | = 16. |
= 16. |
Delphinium nuttallii subsp. nuttallii |
Delphinium novomexicanum |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–early summer. | Flowering summer to early autumn. |
Habitat | Rock outcrops, rocky meadows | Meadows in coniferous forest |
Elevation | 20-300 m (100-1000 ft) | 2200-3900 m (7200-12800 ft) |
Distribution |
OR; WA |
NM |
Discussion | Delphinium novomexicanum represents the southern Cordilleran complex in the Sacramento and White mountains. (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. sierrae-blancae | |
Name authority | unknown | Wooton: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 37: 37. (1910) |
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