Delphinium nuttallii subsp. nuttallii(synonym of Delphinium oreganum) |
Delphinium wootonii |
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Willamette Valley larkspur |
Organ Mountain larkspur, Wooton's larkspur |
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Stems | 40-70 cm. |
(15-)30-50(-60) cm; base sometimes reddish, pubescent. |
Leaves | blade reniform to fan-shaped, 1.5-3 × 2.5-4 cm, puberulent; ultimate lobes 5-24, width 2-6 mm (basal), 1-3 mm (cauline). |
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Inflorescences | 15-30(-49)-flowered; pedicel 1-2(-3.6) cm, puberulent; bracteoles 1-5 mm from flowers, green, linear, 1-4(-12) 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 white to lavender, nearly glabrous, lateral sepals usually reflexed, (6-)8-13 × 3-7 mm, spur straight, ascending 30-80° above horizontal, (8-)13-20(-25) mm; lower petal blades ± elevated, 6-9 mm, cleft 2.5-4.5 mm; hairs centered, densest near base of cleft, white. |
Fruits | (10-)11-20(-24) mm, 3-3.5 times longer than wide, glabrous. |
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Seeds | seed coat cells with surfaces pustulate. |
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2n | = 16. |
= 16. |
Delphinium nuttallii subsp. nuttallii |
Delphinium wootonii |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–early summer. | Flowering spring. |
Habitat | Rock outcrops, rocky meadows | Oak woods, grasslands, desert scrub |
Elevation | 20-300 m (100-1000 ft) | 700-1800 m (2300-5900 ft) |
Distribution |
OR; WA |
AZ; CO; NM; TX; Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua, and Coahuila)
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Discussion | Delphinium wootonii hybridizes with D. madrense in the eastern Big Bend area of Texas, and with D. carolinianum subsp. virescens. (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. Virescens |
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Synonyms | D. virescens subsp. wootonii | |
Name authority | unknown | Rydberg: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 26: 587. (1900) |
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