Delphinium parishii |
Delphinium multiplex |
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desert larkspur, Parish's larkspur |
Kittitas larkspur |
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Stems | (17-)30-60(-100) cm; base reddish or not, glabrous to puberulent. |
(40-)80-130(-180) cm; base usually green, 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 on proximal stem, ± cuneate on distal stem, 1.5-9 × 2-14 cm, glabrous; ultimate lobes 3-15, width 15-30 mm (basal), 1-20 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. |
25-50-flowered, ± dense; pedicel 0.5-2 cm, glandular-puberulent; bracteoles 4-5 mm from flowers, green to blue, lanceolate-linear, 3-7 mm, glandular-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, puberulent, lateral sepals forward pointing to spreading, 12-15 × 5-7 mm, spurs straight, within 20° of horizontal, 12-16 mm; lower petal blades slightly elevated, exposing stamens, 6-8 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. |
10-15 mm, 3-4 times longer than wide, glandular-puberulent. |
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Seeds | seed coat cells ± brick-shaped, cell margins undulate, surfaces roughened. |
narrowly wing-margined; seed coat cells with surfaces somewhat roughened. |
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2n | = 16. |
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Delphinium parishii |
Delphinium multiplex |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–summer. | |||||||||
Habitat | Rocky streambeds | |||||||||
Elevation | 1500-1800 m (4900-5900 ft) | |||||||||
Distribution |
AZ; CA; NV; UT; nw Mexico
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WA
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Discussion | Subspecies 3 (3 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Delphinium multiplex hybridizes with D. glaucum and 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. Multiplex | ||||||||
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Synonyms | D. cyanoreios | |||||||||
Name authority | A. Gray: Bot. Gaz. 12: 53. (1887) | (Ewan) C. L. Hitchcock: in C. L. Hitchcock et al., Vasc. Pl. Pacif. N.W. 2: 357. (1964) | ||||||||
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