Delphinium purpusii |
Delphinium scaposum |
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Kern County larkspur, Purpus' larkspur, rose-color larkspur, rose-flower larkspur |
bare-stem larkspur, desert larkspur, tall mountain larkspur |
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Stems | (30-)50-80(-120) cm; base reddish or not, nearly glabrous. |
25-50(-65) cm; base usually reddish, glabrous, glaucous. |
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, 0.5-4 × 0.5-6 cm, puberulent to glabrous; ultimate lobes 3-9, width 2-15 mm (basal), 0.5-3 mm (cauline). |
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. |
10-25(-40)-flowered, cylindric; pedicel ascending, 0.6-2.5 cm, glabrous; bracteoles 2-5 mm from flowers, green to blue, linear-lanceolate, 2-4 mm, glabrous. |
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 bright dark blue, glabrous, lateral sepals spreading, 11-14 × 4-6 mm, spurs straight, sometimes decurved, ascending 30-45° above horizontal, 13-18 mm; lower petal blades elevated, exposing stamens, 5-8 mm, cleft 2-4 mm; hairs mostly centered on inner lobes near junction of blade and claw, white. |
Fruits | (11-)18-29 mm, 4-4.5 times longer than wide, glabrous. |
12-16 mm, 2.5-3 times longer than wide, glabrous. |
Seeds | seed coats with small wavy ridges, cells brick-shaped, cell margins undulate, surfaces smooth. |
seed coat cells ± brick-shaped, cell margins straight, surfaces smooth. |
2n | = 16. |
= 16. |
Delphinium purpusii |
Delphinium scaposum |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | Flowering spring. |
Habitat | Talus, cliffs, on and near large boulders | Juniper woods, grassland |
Elevation | 300-1300 m (1000-4300 ft) | 1200-2700 m (3900-8900 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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AZ; CO; NM; UT
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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 scaposum is reportedly used in Navajo and Hopi religous ceremonies, as well as for a wash following childbirth (D. E. Moerman 1986). (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. Subscaposa |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | D. andersonii var. scaposum | |
Name authority | Brandegee: Bot. Gaz. 27: 444. (1899) | Greene: Bot. Gaz. 6: 156. 1881, not D. scaposum W. T. Wang (1957) |
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