Delphinium parishii |
Delphinium glaucescens |
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desert larkspur, Parish's larkspur |
glaucous larkspur, glaucus larkspur, smooth larkspur |
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Stems | (17-)30-60(-100) cm; base reddish or not, glabrous to puberulent. |
35-70(-100) cm; base ± reddish, glabrous, glaucous. |
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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 pentagonal to round, 2-9 × 3-14 cm, margins seldom laciniate, nearly glabrous; ultimate lobes 5-17, width 2-8 mm, tips abruptly tapered to mucronate apex; midcauline leaf lobes more than 3 times longer than wide. |
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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. |
10-25-flowered; pedicel 0.5-1.5 cm, puberulent to glabrous; bracteoles 2-20 mm from flowers, green, linear, 3-8 mm, nearly glabrous. |
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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, nearly glabrous, lateral sepals spreading to reflexed, 8-12 × 3-4 mm, spurs straight, ascending 40-90°, 9-13 mm; lower petal blades ± covering stamens, 3-5 mm, clefts 1-2 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, 3.4-4 times longer than wide, puberulent. |
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Seeds | seed coat cells ± brick-shaped, cell margins undulate, surfaces roughened. |
± wing-margined; seed coat cells narrow but short, surfaces smooth. |
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Delphinium parishii |
Delphinium glaucescens |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | |||||||||
Habitat | Rocky slopes in subalpine coniferous woods | |||||||||
Elevation | 2000-4000 m (6600-13100 ft) | |||||||||
Distribution |
AZ; CA; NV; UT; nw Mexico
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ID; MT; WY
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Discussion | Subspecies 3 (3 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Hybrids with Delphinium glaucum are known. (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. Exaltata | ||||||||
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Name authority | A. Gray: Bot. Gaz. 12: 53. (1887) | Rydberg: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 155. (1900) | ||||||||
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