Delphinium purpusii |
Delphinium distichum |
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Kern County larkspur, Purpus' larkspur, rose-color larkspur, rose-flower larkspur |
Burke's larkspur, meadow larkspur, strict larkspur, two-spike larkspur |
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Stems | (30-)50-80(-120) cm; base reddish or not, nearly glabrous. |
(25-)30-60(-80) cm; base sometimes reddish, puberulent. |
Leaves | blade round, 1.5-6 × 2-10 cm, ± puberulent; ultimate lobes 0-5, width 5-30(-50) mm (basal), 5-20(-40) mm (cauline). |
blade cuneate to semicircular, 1-5 × 1.5-7 cm, puberulent; ultimate lobes 5-19, width 2-8(-15) mm (basal), 0.5-3(-5) mm (cauline); margins of basal leaf, measured less than 1 cm from blade base, demarcating considerably more than 90° of arc when leaf laid flat; most cauline leaf blades exceeding internodes. |
Inflorescences | (8-)12-20(-32)-flowered, ± cylindric; pedicel ± ascending, (0.5-)1-4(-5) cm, glandular-puberulent; bracteoles 1-6 mm from flowers, green to magenta, linear, 2-4 mm, glandular-puberulent. |
8-30(-40)-flowered, usually dense; pedicel 0.5-1.5 cm, puberulent; bracteoles 0-3 mm from flowers, green to blue, linear, 4-8 mm, puberulent. |
Flowers | sepals magenta to rose, nearly glabrous, lateral sepals reflexed, 10-16 × 3-7 mm, spurs straight, 30-45° above horizontal, (10-)14-19 mm; lower petal blades nearly coplanar with claws, exposing stamens, 3-4 mm, clefts 0.5-1.5 mm; hairs sparse, scattered, white. |
sepals dark blue to bluish purple, puberulent, lateral sepals ± erect, 8-12 × 3.5-5 mm, spurs straight, horizontal or nearly so, 9-15 mm; lower petal blades ± covering stamens, 4.5-6.5 mm, clefts 2-3 mm; hairs centered mostly near base of cleft, white. |
Fruits | (11-)18-29 mm, 4-4.5 times longer than wide, glabrous. |
7-13 mm, 3.5-4 times longer than wide, ± puberulent. |
Seeds | seed coats with small wavy ridges, cells brick-shaped, cell margins undulate, surfaces smooth. |
seed coat cells with surfaces roughened. |
2n | = 16. |
= 16. |
Delphinium purpusii |
Delphinium distichum |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | Flowering late spring–early summer. |
Habitat | Talus, cliffs, on and near large boulders | Wet meadows |
Elevation | 300-1300 m (1000-4300 ft) | 100-2400 m (300-7900 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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ID; MT; OR; WA; WY; BC
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Discussion | Of conservation concern. Delphinium purpusii is not likely to be confused with any other Delphinium in North America. Hybrids with Delphinium hansenii subsp. kernense are known to occur. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Delphinium distichum hybridizes with D. multiplex and D. nuttallianum (D. ×diversicolor Rydberg). The name D. burkei has often been misapplied to D. distichum. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. |
Parent taxa | Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Subscaposa | Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Depauperata |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | D. strictum var. distichiflorum | |
Name authority | Brandegee: Bot. Gaz. 27: 444. (1899) | Geyer ex Hooker: J. Bot. 6: 68. (1847) |
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