Delphinium purpusii |
Delphinium novomexicanum |
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Kern County larkspur, Purpus' larkspur, rose-color larkspur, rose-flower larkspur |
New Mexico larkspur, White Mountain larkspur |
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Stems | (30-)50-80(-120) cm; base reddish or not, nearly glabrous. |
90-180(-250) cm; base usually green, glabrous. |
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 round to pentagonal, 5-10 × 8-18 cm, nearly glabrous; ultimate lobes 5-21, width 4-15 mm. |
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. |
(20-)30-70(-140)-flowered; pedicel 0.5-1.5 cm, puberulent; bracteoles 1-3 mm from flowers, green, linear, 5-8 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 (in bud) purple to lavender, fading brownish, puberulent, lateral sepals ± forward pointing, 7-11 × 4-5 mm, spurs straight to gently decurved, ascending 30-45° above horizontal, 7-11 mm; lower petal blades ± covering stamens, 3.5-6 mm, clefts 1-2 mm; hairs mostly centered between base of cleft and junction of blade and claw, white or yellow. |
Fruits | (11-)18-29 mm, 4-4.5 times longer than wide, glabrous. |
12-16 mm, 3-4 times longer than wide, puberulent. |
Seeds | seed coats with small wavy ridges, cells brick-shaped, cell margins undulate, surfaces smooth. |
wing-margined; seed coat cells elongate, surfaces ± roughened. |
2n | = 16. |
= 16. |
Delphinium purpusii |
Delphinium novomexicanum |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | Flowering summer to early autumn. |
Habitat | Talus, cliffs, on and near large boulders | Meadows in coniferous forest |
Elevation | 300-1300 m (1000-4300 ft) | 2200-3900 m (7200-12800 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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NM |
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 novomexicanum represents the southern Cordilleran complex in the Sacramento and White mountains. (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. Exaltata |
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Synonyms | D. sierrae-blancae | |
Name authority | Brandegee: Bot. Gaz. 27: 444. (1899) | Wooton: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 37: 37. (1910) |
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