Delphinium parishii |
Delphinium scopulorum |
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desert larkspur, Parish's larkspur |
Rocky Mountain larkspur |
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Stems | (17-)30-60(-100) cm; base reddish or not, glabrous to puberulent. |
50-120 cm; base often reddish, puberulent, midstems glabrous to subglabrous. |
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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, 1.5-10 × 2-16 cm, nearly glabrous; ultimate lobes 5-19, width 5-30 mm (basal), 1-10 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. |
10-30-flowered, open, cylindric; pedicel ascending to spreading, 1-3(-4.5) cm, puberulent; bracteoles 2-7 mm from flowers, green, linear, 2-4 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 bright dark blue, nearly glabrous, lateral sepals forward pointing, 12-15 × 4-6 mm, spurs gently decurved, slightly ascending, 15-20 mm; lower petal blades ± covering stamens, 5-8 mm, clefts 1-3 mm; hairs sparse, centered, mostly below junction of blade and claw, white. |
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Fruits | 9-21 mm, 2-4 times longer than wide, glabrous to puberulent. |
16-20 mm, 4-4.5 times longer than wide, nearly glabrous. |
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Seeds | seed coat cells ± brick-shaped, cell margins undulate, surfaces roughened. |
wing-margined; seed coat cells with margins straight, cell surfaces ± roughened. |
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2n | = 16. |
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Delphinium parishii |
Delphinium scopulorum |
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Phenology | Flowering late summer–early autumn. | |||||||||
Habitat | Riparian forests and open woodlands | |||||||||
Elevation | 1700-2600 m (5600-8500 ft) | |||||||||
Distribution |
AZ; CA; NV; UT; nw Mexico
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AZ; NM; Mexico (Sonora) |
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Discussion | Subspecies 3 (3 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Hybrids are known with Delphinium andesicola. (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. Wislizenana | ||||||||
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Synonyms | D. macrophyllum | |||||||||
Name authority | A. Gray: Bot. Gaz. 12: 53. (1887) | A. Gray: Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 9. (1853) | ||||||||
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