Delphinium parryi |
Delphinium wootonii |
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Parry's larkspur, San Bernardino larkspur |
Organ Mountain larkspur, Wooton's larkspur |
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Stems | (10-)40-80(-110) cm; base reddish, puberulent. |
(15-)30-50(-60) cm; base sometimes reddish, pubescent. |
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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 reniform to fan-shaped, 1.5-3 × 2.5-4 cm, puberulent; ultimate lobes 5-24, width 2-6 mm (basal), 1-3 mm (cauline). |
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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. |
15-30(-49)-flowered; pedicel 1-2(-3.6) cm, puberulent; bracteoles 1-5 mm from flowers, green, linear, 1-4(-12) 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 white to lavender, nearly glabrous, lateral sepals usually reflexed, (6-)8-13 × 3-7 mm, spur straight, ascending 30-80° above horizontal, (8-)13-20(-25) mm; lower petal blades ± elevated, 6-9 mm, cleft 2.5-4.5 mm; hairs centered, densest near base of cleft, white. |
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Fruits | 10-19 mm, 2.8-4 times longer than wide, puberulent or glabrous. |
(10-)11-20(-24) mm, 3-3.5 times longer than wide, glabrous. |
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Seeds | seed coat cells ± brick-shaped, cell margins undulate, surfaces ± roughened. |
seed coat cells with surfaces pustulate. |
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2n | = 16. |
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Delphinium parryi |
Delphinium wootonii |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | |||||||||||||||||
Habitat | Oak woods, grasslands, desert scrub | |||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 700-1800 m (2300-5900 ft) | |||||||||||||||||
Distribution |
North America (Calif)
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AZ; CO; NM; TX; Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua, and Coahuila)
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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 wootonii hybridizes with D. madrense in the eastern Big Bend area of Texas, and with D. carolinianum subsp. virescens. (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. Virescens | ||||||||||||||||
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Synonyms | D. virescens subsp. wootonii | |||||||||||||||||
Name authority | A. Gray: Bot. Gaz. 12: 53. (1887) | Rydberg: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 26: 587. (1900) | ||||||||||||||||
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