Delphinium nuttallii subsp. nuttallii(synonym of Delphinium oreganum) |
Delphinium variegatum |
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Willamette Valley larkspur |
royal larkspur |
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Stems | 40-70 cm. |
(10-)20-50(-80) cm; base reddish or not, not longitudinally ridged, long-pubescent. |
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Leaves | blade round to pentagonal, 1-4.5 × 2-6 cm, pubescent; ultimate lobes 3-15, width 3-8 mm (basal), 2-5 mm (cauline). |
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Inflorescences | (4-)6-17(-20)-flowered, open; pedicel 0.5-3(-7) cm, usually puberulent; bracteoles 2-7(-23) mm from flowers, green, linear-lanceolate, 3-8 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 usually deep royal blue, sometimes bright blue to light blue or white, ± finely pubescent, lateral sepals spreading, 10-18(-25) × 6-10 mm, spurs straight, ascending ca. 30° above horizontal, 10-19 mm; lower petal blades slightly elevated, ± exposing stamens, 4-11 mm, clefts 0.5-3.5 mm; hairs sparse, more on inner lobes than outer lobe or centered, scattered on margins, white or yellow. |
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Fruits | 9-19 mm, 2.2-3.8 times longer than wide, ± puberulent. |
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Seeds | not echinate, appearing ± smooth to naked eye; seed coat cells with margins ± undulate, surfaces roughened. |
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2n | = 16. |
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Delphinium nuttallii subsp. nuttallii |
Delphinium variegatum |
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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. Echinata | ||||||||
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Name authority | unknown | Torrey & A. Gray: Fl. N. Amer. 1: 32. 183: not D. variegatum Baillon 1883 | ||||||||
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