Delphinium parryi |
Delphinium antoninum |
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Parry's larkspur, San Bernardino larkspur |
Anthony Peak larkspur, Tracy's larkspur |
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Stems | (10-)40-80(-110) cm; base reddish, puberulent. |
(7-)15-30(-60) cm; base reddish, glabrous to puberulent. |
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Leaves | blade pentagonal, 1-7 × 2-10 cm, ± puberulent; ultimate lobes 3-27, width 1-20 mm (basal), 0.5-5 mm (cauline). |
blade round, 0.8-4 × 1.2-8 cm, ± succulent, nearly glabrous; ultimate lobes 3-15, width 1-8 mm (basal), 1-4 mm (cauline). |
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Inflorescences | (2-)8-24(-48)-flowered, cylindric; pedicel ± spreading, (0.5-)1-3(-6.8) cm, usually puberulent; bracteoles 2-7(-16) mm from flowers, green to blue, lance-linear, 2-6(-10) mm, puberulent. |
3-25-flowered; pedicel (0.6-)1.2-3.2 cm, usually puberulent; bracteoles 4-6 mm from flowers, green, linear, 3-5 mm, puberulent. |
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Flowers | sepals dark blue to bluish purple, puberulent, lateral sepals spreading or reflexed, (7-)10-20(-25) × 4-9 mm, spurs straight, ascending 0-30° above horizontal, 9-17(-21) mm; lower petal blades slightly elevated, ± exposing stamens, 3-10 mm, clefts 2-6 mm; hairs mostly near base of cleft, centered or on inner lobes, white. |
sepals dark blue to white, nearly glabrous, lateral sepals spreading to reflexed, 11-13 × 4-6 mm, spurs straight to gently decurved, within 30° above or below horizontal, 12-16 mm; lower petal blades elevated, exposing stamens, 3-7 mm, clefts 1.5-3 mm; hairs centered, mostly on inner lobes above base of cleft, white. |
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Fruits | 10-19 mm, 2.8-4 times longer than wide, puberulent or glabrous. |
14-22 mm, 3.5-4 times longer than wide, puberulent. |
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Seeds | seed coat cells ± brick-shaped, cell margins undulate, surfaces ± roughened. |
unwinged; seed coat cells with surfaces smooth. |
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Delphinium parryi |
Delphinium antoninum |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–early summer. | |||||||||||||||||
Habitat | Uncommon on moist talus slopes | |||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 1100-2700 m (3600-8900 ft) | |||||||||||||||||
Distribution |
North America (Calif)
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CA |
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Discussion | Subspecies 5 (5 in the flora). A number of local phases are found in Delphinium parryi. Five of these appear consistently distinct and are recognized here. Other phases may be locally distinct but grade into other nearby phases. Delphinium parryi hybridizes with D. cardinale (D. ×inflexum Davidson). The Kawaiisu used the ground root of Delphinium parryi medicinally as a salve for swollen limbs (D. E. Moerman 1986, no subspecies specified). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Of conservation concern. Delphinium antoninum hybridizes with D. decorum subsp. tracyi and with D. nudicaule. Most often confused with D. decorum subsp. tracyi, it is separable on the basis of its longer root, usually reflexed sepals, and typically colorfast flowers. It also may be confused with D. andersonii; see discussion under that species. (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. Bicoloria | ||||||||||||||||
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Name authority | A. Gray: Bot. Gaz. 12: 53. (1887) | Eastwood: Leafl. W. Bot. 3: 126. (1942) | ||||||||||||||||
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