Delphinium nuttallii subsp. nuttallii(synonym of Delphinium oreganum) |
Delphinium patens |
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Willamette Valley larkspur |
spreading larkspur, spreading or zigzag larkspur, zigzag larkspur |
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Stems | 40-70 cm. |
(10-)20-50(-90) cm; base reddish, glabrous to puberulent. |
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Leaves | blade round to pentagonal, 1-5.5 × 2-7.5 cm, nearly glabrous; ultimate lobes 3-9, less often wedge-shaped, 5 or more extending more than 3/5 distance to petiole, width 5-30(-50) mm (basal), 1-15 mm (cauline), widest at middle or in proximal 1/2. |
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Inflorescences | 4-25(-36)-flowered; pedicel spreading from rachis at usually less than 70°, 1-4(-8) cm, glabrous to glandular; bracteoles 3-12(-23) mm from flowers, blue to green, linear, 3-8(-16) mm, glabrous to glandular. |
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Flowers | sepals blue or bluish purple, spurs 10-13 mm; lower petal blades 4.5-6.5 mm. |
sepals dark blue, usually retaining color upon drying, glabrous, lateral sepals reflexed, (6-)10-15(-20) × 4-8 mm, spurs straight, ascending ca. 30° above horizontal, 8-18 mm; lower petal blades elevated, exposing stamens, 3-6(-8) mm, clefts 1-3 mm; hairs centered on base of cleft or on inner lobes, scattered, white, rarely yellow. |
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Fruits | 12-23 mm, 3.3-3.6 times longer than wide, glabrous or puberulent. |
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Seeds | unwinged; seed coats ± pitted, cell surfaces roughened. |
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2n | = 16. |
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Delphinium nuttallii subsp. nuttallii |
Delphinium patens |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–early summer. | |||||||||
Habitat | Rock outcrops, rocky meadows | |||||||||
Elevation | 20-300 m (100-1000 ft) | |||||||||
Distribution |
OR; WA |
CA
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Discussion | Subspecies 3 (3 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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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. Grumosa | ||||||||
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Name authority | unknown | Bentham: Pl. Hartw., 296. (1849) | ||||||||
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