Delphinium parishii |
Delphinium scaposum |
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desert larkspur, Parish's larkspur |
bare-stem larkspur, desert larkspur, tall mountain larkspur |
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Stems | (17-)30-60(-100) cm; base reddish or not, glabrous to puberulent. |
25-50(-65) cm; base usually 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 ± round, 0.5-4 × 0.5-6 cm, puberulent to glabrous; ultimate lobes 3-9, width 2-15 mm (basal), 0.5-3 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. |
10-25(-40)-flowered, cylindric; pedicel ascending, 0.6-2.5 cm, glabrous; bracteoles 2-5 mm from flowers, green to blue, linear-lanceolate, 2-4 mm, 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 bright dark blue, glabrous, lateral sepals spreading, 11-14 × 4-6 mm, spurs straight, sometimes decurved, ascending 30-45° above horizontal, 13-18 mm; lower petal blades elevated, exposing stamens, 5-8 mm, cleft 2-4 mm; hairs mostly centered on inner lobes near junction of blade and claw, white. |
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Fruits | 9-21 mm, 2-4 times longer than wide, glabrous to puberulent. |
12-16 mm, 2.5-3 times longer than wide, glabrous. |
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Seeds | seed coat cells ± brick-shaped, cell margins undulate, surfaces roughened. |
seed coat cells ± brick-shaped, cell margins straight, surfaces smooth. |
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2n | = 16. |
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Delphinium parishii |
Delphinium scaposum |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | |||||||||
Habitat | Juniper woods, grassland | |||||||||
Elevation | 1200-2700 m (3900-8900 ft) | |||||||||
Distribution |
AZ; CA; NV; UT; nw Mexico
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AZ; CO; NM; UT
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Discussion | Subspecies 3 (3 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Delphinium scaposum is reportedly used in Navajo and Hopi religous ceremonies, as well as for a wash following childbirth (D. E. Moerman 1986). (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. Subscaposa | ||||||||
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Synonyms | D. andersonii var. scaposum | |||||||||
Name authority | A. Gray: Bot. Gaz. 12: 53. (1887) | Greene: Bot. Gaz. 6: 156. 1881, not D. scaposum W. T. Wang (1957) | ||||||||
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