Delphinium parryi |
Delphinium ramosum |
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Parry's larkspur, San Bernardino larkspur |
mountain larkspur |
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Stems | (10-)40-80(-110) cm; base reddish, puberulent. |
(45-)70-100 cm; base sometimes 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 to pentagonal, 2-8 × 4-14 cm, nearly glabrous; ultimate lobes 5-21, width 1-5 mm; midcauline leaf lobes more than 3 times longer than wide. |
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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. |
(10-)15-40(-120)-flowered; pedicel 1-2.5(-4) cm, puberulent; bracteoles 1-3 mm from flowers, green, sometimes margins white, linear or lanceolate, 3-5(-8) 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 bright dark blue, apex rounded, puberulent, lateral sepals forward pointing to spreading, 11-13 × 4-6 mm, spurs straight, ascending ca. 30° above horizontal, 9-13 mm; lower petal blades ± covering stamens, 5-7 mm, clefts 2-3 mm; hairs centered above base of cleft, white. |
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Fruits | 10-19 mm, 2.8-4 times longer than wide, puberulent or glabrous. |
11-17 mm, 3-4 times longer than wide, puberulent. |
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Seeds | seed coat cells ± brick-shaped, cell margins undulate, surfaces ± roughened. |
wing-margined; seed coat cells narrow, short, surfaces roughened. |
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2n | = 16. |
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Delphinium parryi |
Delphinium ramosum |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | |||||||||||||||||
Habitat | Meadows, aspen woodlands, Artemisia scrub | |||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 2100-3200(-3400) m (6900-10500(-11200) ft) | |||||||||||||||||
Distribution |
North America (Calif)
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CO; NM
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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 ramosum hybridizes with D. barbeyi and D. glaucum. (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. Exaltata | ||||||||||||||||
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Name authority | A. Gray: Bot. Gaz. 12: 53. (1887) | Rydberg: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 276. (1901) | ||||||||||||||||
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