Delphinium parryi |
Delphinium parryi subsp. eastwoodiae |
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Parry's larkspur, San Bernardino larkspur |
Eastwood's larkspur |
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Roots | less than 10 cm. |
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Stems | (10-)40-80(-110) cm; base reddish, puberulent. |
15-40 cm. |
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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). |
mostly on proximal 1/3 of stem; basal leaves usually present at anthesis; blade with ultimate lobes 5-15, width less than 7 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. |
bracteoles 7-10 mm. |
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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 usually reflexed, lateral sepals 11-20 mm, spurs 11-17 mm; lower petal blades 6-9 mm. |
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Fruits | 10-19 mm, 2.8-4 times longer than wide, puberulent or glabrous. |
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Seeds | seed coat cells ± brick-shaped, cell margins undulate, surfaces ± roughened. |
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Delphinium parryi |
Delphinium parryi subsp. eastwoodiae |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | |||||||||||||||||
Habitat | Serpentine endemic in grasslands surrounded by coastal chaparral | |||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 50-500 m (200-1600 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 parryi subsp. eastwoodiae is usually very local, although in a few localities it is abundant. It is likely to be confused only with D. variegatum; D. parryi subsp. eastwoodiae does not have long hairs as are present on proximal petioles of D. variegatum. (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. Subscaposa > Delphinium parryi | ||||||||||||||||
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Name authority | A. Gray: Bot. Gaz. 12: 53. (1887) | Ewan: Univ. Colorado Stud., Ser. D, Phys. Sci. 2: 182. (1945) | ||||||||||||||||
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