Delphinium purpusii |
Delphinium parishii |
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Kern County larkspur, Purpus' larkspur, rose-color larkspur, rose-flower larkspur |
desert larkspur, Parish's larkspur |
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Stems | (30-)50-80(-120) cm; base reddish or not, nearly glabrous. |
(17-)30-60(-100) cm; base reddish or not, glabrous to puberulent. |
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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 pentagonal, 0.7-5 × 1-8 cm, glabrous to puberulent; ultimate lobes 3-18, width 2-18 mm (basal), 0.5-8 mm (cauline). |
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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. |
(6-)10-40(-74)-flowered, cylindric; pedicel ascending-spreading, (0.3-)1-2.5(-4.8) cm, glabrous to puberulent; bracteoles 2-5(-10) mm from flowers, green, lance-linear, 2-6(-16) mm, glabrous to puberulent. |
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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 white to pink, often puberulent, lateral sepals reflexed or spreading, (7-)9-13 × 2-7 mm, spurs ± decurved, ascending 20-45° above horizontal, 7-15 mm; lower petal blades ± elevated, exposing stamens, blue or white to pink (concolorous with sepals), 3-6 mm, clefts 1-3 mm; hairs mostly near base of cleft, centered or on inner lobes, white. |
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Fruits | (11-)18-29 mm, 4-4.5 times longer than wide, glabrous. |
9-21 mm, 2-4 times longer than wide, glabrous to puberulent. |
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Seeds | seed coats with small wavy ridges, cells brick-shaped, cell margins undulate, surfaces smooth. |
seed coat cells ± brick-shaped, cell margins undulate, surfaces roughened. |
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2n | = 16. |
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Delphinium purpusii |
Delphinium parishii |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | |||||||||
Habitat | Talus, cliffs, on and near large boulders | |||||||||
Elevation | 300-1300 m (1000-4300 ft) | |||||||||
Distribution |
CA
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AZ; CA; NV; UT; nw Mexico
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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.) |
Subspecies 3 (3 in the flora). (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. Subscaposa | ||||||||
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Name authority | Brandegee: Bot. Gaz. 27: 444. (1899) | A. Gray: Bot. Gaz. 12: 53. (1887) | ||||||||
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