Delphinium parryi |
Delphinium elatum |
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Parry's larkspur, San Bernardino larkspur |
candle larkspur, candle larkspur (vascan: harms 2006), larkspur |
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Stems | (10-)40-80(-110) cm; base reddish, puberulent. |
40-200 cm; base green, pubescent or glabrous. |
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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 to pentagonal, 3-15 × 6-22 cm, ± puberulent; ultimate lobes 3-9, width 8-30 mm. |
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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. |
25-100(-more)-flowered; pedicel 1-3(-5) cm, glabrous to pubescent; bracteoles 2-5(-9) mm from flowers, green, linear, 5-9 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 blue, white, or purple, ± puberulent, lateral sepals spreading, 12-23 × 4-12 mm, spurs straight, ascending ca. 45° above horizontal, 15-22 mm; lower petal blades elevated, exposing stamens, 3-5 mm, clefts 0.2-1 mm; hairs sparse or dense, mostly near center of blade, yellow or white. |
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Fruits | 10-19 mm, 2.8-4 times longer than wide, puberulent or glabrous. |
13-20 mm, 3.5-4.5 times longer than wide, ± puberulent. |
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Seeds | seed coat cells ± brick-shaped, cell margins undulate, surfaces ± roughened. |
winged; seed coats ± with small wavy ridges, cells elongate, surface roughened. |
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Delphinium parryi |
Delphinium elatum |
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Phenology | Flowering summer, more than 8 weeks after snowmelt. | |||||||||||||||||
Habitat | Old homesites | |||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 50-3000 m (200-9800 ft) | |||||||||||||||||
Distribution |
North America (Calif)
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BC; MB; SK; and probably elsewhere; native to Europe and w Asia [Introduced in North America] |
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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.) |
Delphinium elatum is cultivated as a garden plant or for cut flowers. It is not known to be naturalized extensively in North America; it may persist long after cultivation in cooler parts of the region. (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. Elatopsis > subsect. Elata | ||||||||||||||||
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Name authority | A. Gray: Bot. Gaz. 12: 53. (1887) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 531. (1753) | ||||||||||||||||
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