Delphinium parryi |
Delphinium basalticum |
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Parry's larkspur, San Bernardino larkspur |
basalt larkspur, basaltic larkspur, Columbia Gorge larkspur |
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Stems | (10-)40-80(-110) cm; base reddish, puberulent. |
20-50(-65) cm; base often reddish, 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, 2-6 × 5-9 cm, not succulent, nearly glabrous; ultimate lobes 5-19, width 3-15 mm (basal), 1-12 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. |
(2-)6-16(-26)-flowered; pedicel 2-7 cm, nearly glabrous; bracteoles 4-12 mm from flowers, green, linear, 3-7 mm, nearly glabrous. |
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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, nearly glabrous, lateral sepals spreading, 15-21 × 7-10 mm, spur straight to decurved, ascending 30-45° above horizontal, 14-18 mm; lower petal blades slightly elevated, ± exposing stamens, 7-9 mm, cleft 4-5 mm; hairs centered, mostly on inner lobes above base of cleft, yellow to white. |
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Fruits | 10-19 mm, 2.8-4 times longer than wide, puberulent or glabrous. |
12-17 mm, 3.5-4 times longer than wide, glabrous. |
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Seeds | seed coat cells ± brick-shaped, cell margins undulate, surfaces ± roughened. |
± wing-margined; seed coat cells with surfaces smooth. |
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Delphinium parryi |
Delphinium basalticum |
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Phenology | Flowering spring (-early summer). | |||||||||||||||||
Habitat | Basaltic cliff faces, n and e slopes at base of cliffs | |||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 200-500 m (700-1600 ft) | |||||||||||||||||
Distribution |
North America (Calif)
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OR; WA |
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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. Hybrids between Delphinium basalticum and D. trolliifolium are known. (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) | M. J. Warnock: Phytologia 78: 91. (1995) | ||||||||||||||||
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