Delphinium parishii |
Delphinium elatum |
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desert larkspur, Parish's larkspur |
candle larkspur, candle larkspur (vascan: harms 2006), larkspur |
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Stems | (17-)30-60(-100) cm; base reddish or not, glabrous to puberulent. |
40-200 cm; base green, pubescent or glabrous. |
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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 round to pentagonal, 3-15 × 6-22 cm, ± puberulent; ultimate lobes 3-9, width 8-30 mm. |
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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. |
25-100(-more)-flowered; pedicel 1-3(-5) cm, glabrous to pubescent; bracteoles 2-5(-9) mm from flowers, green, linear, 5-9 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 blue, white, or purple, ± puberulent, lateral sepals spreading, 12-23 × 4-12 mm, spurs straight, ascending ca. 45° above horizontal, 15-22 mm; lower petal blades elevated, exposing stamens, 3-5 mm, clefts 0.2-1 mm; hairs sparse or dense, mostly near center of blade, yellow or white. |
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Fruits | 9-21 mm, 2-4 times longer than wide, glabrous to puberulent. |
13-20 mm, 3.5-4.5 times longer than wide, ± puberulent. |
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Seeds | seed coat cells ± brick-shaped, cell margins undulate, surfaces roughened. |
winged; seed coats ± with small wavy ridges, cells elongate, surface roughened. |
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Delphinium parishii |
Delphinium elatum |
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Phenology | Flowering summer, more than 8 weeks after snowmelt. | |||||||||
Habitat | Old homesites | |||||||||
Elevation | 50-3000 m (200-9800 ft) | |||||||||
Distribution |
AZ; CA; NV; UT; nw Mexico
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BC; MB; SK; and probably elsewhere; native to Europe and w Asia [Introduced in North America] |
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Discussion | Subspecies 3 (3 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Delphinium elatum is cultivated as a garden plant or for cut flowers. It is not known to be naturalized extensively in North America; it may persist long after cultivation in cooler parts of the region. (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. Elatopsis > subsect. Elata | ||||||||
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Name authority | A. Gray: Bot. Gaz. 12: 53. (1887) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 531. (1753) | ||||||||
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