Delphinium parryi |
Delphinium treleasei |
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Parry's larkspur, San Bernardino larkspur |
glade larkspur, Trelease's larkspur |
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Stems | (10-)40-80(-110) cm; base reddish, puberulent. |
(40-)60-80(-110) cm; base reddish, glabrous, glaucous. |
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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 reniform, 0.5-8 × 2-20 cm, glabrous; ultimate lobes 3-35(-56), 5 or more extending more than 3/5 distance to petiole, width 2-6 mm (basal), 0.5-2 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. |
5-30(-56)-flowered; pedicel (1-)2.5-7(-11) cm, glabrous; bracteoles 1-7(-46) mm from flowers, blue or green, awl-shaped, 1.5-4(-12) mm, glabrous. |
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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 bright blue, usually retaining color upon drying, nearly glabrous, lateral sepals spreading, (10-)12-17(-20) × 4-8(-10) mm, spurs straight, ascending ca. 45°, 15-17 mm; lower petal blades ± covering stamens, 5-8 mm, clefts (1-)3-5 mm; hairs centered, densest above base of cleft, yellow. |
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Fruits | 10-19 mm, 2.8-4 times longer than wide, puberulent or glabrous. |
12-18(-22) mm, 3-4 times longer than wide, glabrous. |
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Seeds | seed coat cells ± brick-shaped, cell margins undulate, surfaces ± roughened. |
unwinged; seed coat cell surfaces smooth. |
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2n | = 16. |
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Delphinium parryi |
Delphinium treleasei |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring. | |||||||||||||||||
Habitat | Open juniper glades on calcareous substrate | |||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 250-450 m (800-1500 ft) | |||||||||||||||||
Distribution |
North America (Calif)
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AR; MO |
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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 treleasei is locally abundant but extremely limited by microhabitat within its distributional range. Hybrids between Delphinium treleasei and D. carolinianum subsp. carolinianum are known. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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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) | Bush ex K. C. Davis: Minnesota Bot. Stud. 2: 444. (1900) | ||||||||||||||||
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