Delphinium purpusii |
Delphinium patens |
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Kern County larkspur, Purpus' larkspur, rose-color larkspur, rose-flower larkspur |
spreading larkspur, spreading or zigzag larkspur, zigzag larkspur |
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Stems | (30-)50-80(-120) cm; base reddish or not, nearly glabrous. |
(10-)20-50(-90) cm; base reddish, 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 round to pentagonal, 1-5.5 × 2-7.5 cm, nearly glabrous; ultimate lobes 3-9, less often wedge-shaped, 5 or more extending more than 3/5 distance to petiole, width 5-30(-50) mm (basal), 1-15 mm (cauline), widest at middle or in proximal 1/2. |
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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. |
4-25(-36)-flowered; pedicel spreading from rachis at usually less than 70°, 1-4(-8) cm, glabrous to glandular; bracteoles 3-12(-23) mm from flowers, blue to green, linear, 3-8(-16) mm, glabrous to glandular. |
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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, usually retaining color upon drying, glabrous, lateral sepals reflexed, (6-)10-15(-20) × 4-8 mm, spurs straight, ascending ca. 30° above horizontal, 8-18 mm; lower petal blades elevated, exposing stamens, 3-6(-8) mm, clefts 1-3 mm; hairs centered on base of cleft or on inner lobes, scattered, white, rarely yellow. |
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Fruits | (11-)18-29 mm, 4-4.5 times longer than wide, glabrous. |
12-23 mm, 3.3-3.6 times longer than wide, glabrous or puberulent. |
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Seeds | seed coats with small wavy ridges, cells brick-shaped, cell margins undulate, surfaces smooth. |
unwinged; seed coats ± pitted, cell surfaces roughened. |
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2n | = 16. |
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Delphinium purpusii |
Delphinium patens |
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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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CA
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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. Grumosa | ||||||||
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Name authority | Brandegee: Bot. Gaz. 27: 444. (1899) | Bentham: Pl. Hartw., 296. (1849) | ||||||||
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