Delphinium parishii |
Delphinium madrense |
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desert larkspur, Parish's larkspur |
Edwards' Plateau larkspur, Sierra madre larkspur |
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Stems | (17-)30-60(-100) cm; base reddish or not, glabrous to puberulent. |
30-80(-100) cm; base often 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 semicircular to cordate, 2-8 × 2-10 cm, nearly glabrous; ultimate lobes 3-12, width 3-10 mm (basal), 2-6 mm (cauline). |
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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. |
5-75(-98)-flowered; pedicel 1-2.5(-5) cm, puberulent; bracteoles 2-4(-8) mm from flowers, green, lanceolate-linear, 3-5 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 light blue, puberulent, lateral sepals spreading, 9-15 × 5-7 mm, spurs straight, ascending ca. 45(-90)°, 10-15(-19) mm; lower petal blades elevated, exposing stamens, 4-7 mm, clefts 2-4 mm; hairs centered, densest on inner lobes near base of cleft, white. |
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Fruits | 9-21 mm, 2-4 times longer than wide, glabrous to puberulent. |
15-21 mm, 3.5-4.5 times longer than wide, nearly glabrous. |
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Seeds | seed coat cells ± brick-shaped, cell margins undulate, surfaces roughened. |
seed coat cells with surfaces pustulate. |
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Delphinium parishii |
Delphinium madrense |
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Phenology | Flowering spring–early summer. | |||||||||
Habitat | Calcareous slopes, oak woods or desert scrub | |||||||||
Elevation | 300-2100 m (1000-6900 ft) | |||||||||
Distribution |
AZ; CA; NV; UT; nw Mexico
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TX; Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas) |
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Discussion | Subspecies 3 (3 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Delphinium madrense hybridizes with D. carolinianum subspp. vimineum and virescens. (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. Virescens | ||||||||
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Name authority | A. Gray: Bot. Gaz. 12: 53. (1887) | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 141. (1890) | ||||||||
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