Delphinium scaposum |
Delphinium andesicola |
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bare-stem larkspur, desert larkspur, tall mountain larkspur |
Chiricahua Mountain larkspur |
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Stems | 25-50(-65) cm; base usually reddish, glabrous, glaucous. |
60-200 +cm; base reddish or not, glabrous, glaucous. |
Leaves | 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). |
blade cordate to semicircular, 5-8 × 5-12 cm, nearly glabrous; ultimate lobes 5-16, width 3-20 mm, tips gradually tapered to mucronate apex; midcauline leaf lobes more than 3 times longer than wide. |
Inflorescences | 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. |
20-80-flowered; pedicel 1-2(-3) cm, puberulent; bracteoles 1-3 mm from flowers, green to brown, linear-lanceolate, 3-6 mm, puberulent. |
Flowers | 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. |
sepals purple, puberulent, lateral sepals spreading, 9-12 × 5-7 mm, spurs ascending ca. 45°, curved downward apically, purple, 10-13 mm, blunt tipped; lower petal blades ± covering stamens, 4-6 mm, clefts 1.5-2.5 mm; hairs centered, densest on inner lobes near base of cleft, white. |
Fruits | 12-16 mm, 2.5-3 times longer than wide, glabrous. |
12-15 mm, 3.5-4 times longer than wide, sparsely puberulent. |
Seeds | seed coat cells ± brick-shaped, cell margins straight, surfaces smooth. |
unwinged; seed coat cells elongate, surfaces pustulate. |
2n | = 16. |
= 16. |
Delphinium scaposum |
Delphinium andesicola |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | Flowering summer–early fall. |
Habitat | Juniper woods, grassland | Meadows and coniferous woods |
Elevation | 1200-2700 m (3900-8900 ft) | 2200-3200 m (7200-10500 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CO; NM; UT
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AZ |
Discussion | 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.) |
Delphinium andesicola, the westernmost representative of the southern Cordilleran complex, is found in the Chiricahua, Huachuca, Graham, and White mountains. Hybrids with Delphinium scopulorum are known. (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 |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | D. andersonii var. scaposum | D. andesicola subsp. amplum |
Name authority | Greene: Bot. Gaz. 6: 156. 1881, not D. scaposum W. T. Wang (1957) | Ewan: J. Washington Acad. Sci. 29: 476. (1939) |
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