Delphinium parishii |
Delphinium distichum |
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desert larkspur, Parish's larkspur |
Burke's larkspur, meadow larkspur, strict larkspur, two-spike larkspur |
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Stems | (17-)30-60(-100) cm; base reddish or not, glabrous to puberulent. |
(25-)30-60(-80) cm; base sometimes reddish, puberulent. |
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Leaves | blade pentagonal, 0.7-5 × 1-8 cm, glabrous to puberulent; ultimate lobes 3-18, width 2-18 mm (basal), 0.5-8 mm (cauline). |
blade cuneate to semicircular, 1-5 × 1.5-7 cm, puberulent; ultimate lobes 5-19, width 2-8(-15) mm (basal), 0.5-3(-5) mm (cauline); margins of basal leaf, measured less than 1 cm from blade base, demarcating considerably more than 90° of arc when leaf laid flat; most cauline leaf blades exceeding internodes. |
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Inflorescences | (6-)10-40(-74)-flowered, cylindric; pedicel ascending-spreading, (0.3-)1-2.5(-4.8) cm, glabrous to puberulent; bracteoles 2-5(-10) mm from flowers, green, lance-linear, 2-6(-16) mm, glabrous to puberulent. |
8-30(-40)-flowered, usually dense; pedicel 0.5-1.5 cm, puberulent; bracteoles 0-3 mm from flowers, green to blue, linear, 4-8 mm, puberulent. |
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Flowers | sepals dark blue to white to pink, often puberulent, lateral sepals reflexed or spreading, (7-)9-13 × 2-7 mm, spurs ± decurved, ascending 20-45° above horizontal, 7-15 mm; lower petal blades ± elevated, exposing stamens, blue or white to pink (concolorous with sepals), 3-6 mm, clefts 1-3 mm; hairs mostly near base of cleft, centered or on inner lobes, white. |
sepals dark blue to bluish purple, puberulent, lateral sepals ± erect, 8-12 × 3.5-5 mm, spurs straight, horizontal or nearly so, 9-15 mm; lower petal blades ± covering stamens, 4.5-6.5 mm, clefts 2-3 mm; hairs centered mostly near base of cleft, white. |
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Fruits | 9-21 mm, 2-4 times longer than wide, glabrous to puberulent. |
7-13 mm, 3.5-4 times longer than wide, ± puberulent. |
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Seeds | seed coat cells ± brick-shaped, cell margins undulate, surfaces roughened. |
seed coat cells with surfaces roughened. |
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2n | = 16. |
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Delphinium parishii |
Delphinium distichum |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–early summer. | |||||||||
Habitat | Wet meadows | |||||||||
Elevation | 100-2400 m (300-7900 ft) | |||||||||
Distribution |
AZ; CA; NV; UT; nw Mexico
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ID; MT; OR; WA; WY; BC
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Discussion | Subspecies 3 (3 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Delphinium distichum hybridizes with D. multiplex and D. nuttallianum (D. ×diversicolor Rydberg). The name D. burkei has often been misapplied to D. distichum. (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. Subscaposa | Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Depauperata | ||||||||
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Synonyms | D. strictum var. distichiflorum | |||||||||
Name authority | A. Gray: Bot. Gaz. 12: 53. (1887) | Geyer ex Hooker: J. Bot. 6: 68. (1847) | ||||||||
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