Delphinium parryi |
Delphinium parryi subsp. purpureum |
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Parry's larkspur, San Bernardino larkspur |
Mount Pinos larkspur, Mt. Pinos larkspur, San Bernardino larkspur |
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Roots | usually more than 10 cm. |
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Stems | (10-)40-80(-110) cm; base reddish, puberulent. |
30-90 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 3-20, width less than 4 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 3-6 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 7-11 mm, spurs 10-13 mm; lower petal blades 3-5 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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2n | = 16. |
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Delphinium parryi |
Delphinium parryi subsp. purpureum |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–early summer. | |||||||||||||||||
Habitat | Dry chaparral, sage scrub and lower montane woods | |||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 1000-1600(-2400) m (3300-5200(-7900) 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. purpureum may be imperiled by human encroachment. This taxon may be confused with Delphinium parishii, but its abundant arched hairs and lack of wider-lobed basal leaves will distinguish D. parryi subsp. purpureum. It hybridizes with D. parishii subsp. pallidum. (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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Synonyms | D. parishii subsp. purpureum | |||||||||||||||||
Name authority | A. Gray: Bot. Gaz. 12: 53. (1887) | (H. F. Lewis & Epling) M. J. Warnock: Phytologia 68: 2. (1990) | ||||||||||||||||
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