Delphinium parryi |
Delphinium sutherlandii |
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Parry's larkspur, San Bernardino larkspur |
Sutherland's larkspur |
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Stems | (10-)40-80(-110) cm; base reddish, puberulent. |
(15-)30-70 cm; base often reddish, 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, 1.5-10 × 3-18 cm, nearly glabrous; ultimate lobes 5-21, 5 or more extending more than 3/5 distance to petiole, width 3-9(-15) mm (basal), 0.5-6(-10) mm (cauline), widest at middle or in proximal 1/2. |
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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. |
(2-)11-26(-37)-flowered, at least 2 times longer than wide; pedicel 1-3 cm, puberulent; bracteoles 2-7 mm from flowers, green to blue, linear-lanceolate, 3-5 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 dark blue, retaining color upon drying, puberulent, lateral sepals spreading, 14-20 × 5-10 mm, spurs gently decurved, ascending 0-20° above horizontal, 14-18 mm; lower petal blades slightly elevated, ± covering stamens, white, yellowish, or tan, 8-12 mm, clefts 2-4 mm; hairs short, sparse, mostly below junction of blade and claw, slightly offset to inner lobes, white. |
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Fruits | 10-19 mm, 2.8-4 times longer than wide, puberulent or glabrous. |
(13-)18-25 mm, 4.5-5.2 times longer than wide, puberulent. |
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Seeds | seed coat cells ± brick-shaped, cell margins undulate, surfaces ± roughened. |
winged on 1 margin; seed coat cell surfaces roughened. |
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2n | = 16. |
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Delphinium parryi |
Delphinium sutherlandii |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | |||||||||||||||||
Habitat | Dry meadows, rock outcrops, open conifer woods | |||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 400-800 m (1300-2600 ft) | |||||||||||||||||
Distribution |
North America (Calif)
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ID; MT; WA; BC |
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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.) |
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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. Grumosa | ||||||||||||||||
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Name authority | A. Gray: Bot. Gaz. 12: 53. (1887) | M. J. Warnock: Phytologia 78: 97. (1995) | ||||||||||||||||
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