Delphinium parryi |
Delphinium multiplex |
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Parry's larkspur, San Bernardino larkspur |
Kittitas larkspur |
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Stems | (10-)40-80(-110) cm; base reddish, puberulent. |
(40-)80-130(-180) cm; base usually green, 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 on proximal stem, ± cuneate on distal stem, 1.5-9 × 2-14 cm, glabrous; ultimate lobes 3-15, width 15-30 mm (basal), 1-20 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. |
25-50-flowered, ± dense; pedicel 0.5-2 cm, glandular-puberulent; bracteoles 4-5 mm from flowers, green to blue, lanceolate-linear, 3-7 mm, glandular-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, puberulent, lateral sepals forward pointing to spreading, 12-15 × 5-7 mm, spurs straight, within 20° of horizontal, 12-16 mm; lower petal blades slightly elevated, exposing stamens, 6-8 mm, clefts 2-3 mm; hairs centered, mostly near base of cleft, white. |
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Fruits | 10-19 mm, 2.8-4 times longer than wide, puberulent or glabrous. |
10-15 mm, 3-4 times longer than wide, glandular-puberulent. |
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Seeds | seed coat cells ± brick-shaped, cell margins undulate, surfaces ± roughened. |
narrowly wing-margined; seed coat cells with surfaces somewhat roughened. |
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2n | = 16. |
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Delphinium parryi |
Delphinium multiplex |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–summer. | |||||||||||||||||
Habitat | Rocky streambeds | |||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 1500-1800 m (4900-5900 ft) | |||||||||||||||||
Distribution |
North America (Calif)
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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.) |
Delphinium multiplex hybridizes with D. glaucum and D. distichum. (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. Multiplex | ||||||||||||||||
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Synonyms | D. cyanoreios | |||||||||||||||||
Name authority | A. Gray: Bot. Gaz. 12: 53. (1887) | (Ewan) C. L. Hitchcock: in C. L. Hitchcock et al., Vasc. Pl. Pacif. N.W. 2: 357. (1964) | ||||||||||||||||
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