Delphinium uliginosum |
Delphinium sapellonis |
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swamp larkspur |
Sapello Canyon larkspur |
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Stems | 10-30(-70) cm; base reddish or not, nearly glabrous. |
(50-)100-180(-220) cm; base sometimes reddish, glabrous sometimes glaucous. |
Leaves | blade obdeltoid, apically several parted, 1-8 × 1-7 cm, ± fleshy, glabrous; ultimate lobes 0-3, width 3-20 mm (cauline only); margins of basal leaf, measured less than 1 cm from blade base, demarcating less than 90° of arc when leaf laid flat. |
blade round to pentagonal, 6-10 × 8-16 cm, nearly glabrous; ultimate lobes 5-15, width 5-25 mm. |
Inflorescences | 5-20(-48)-flowered, ± open; pedicel 0.3-3(-10) cm, glabrous to puberulent; bracteoles 2-3(-5) mm from flowers, green to blue, lanceolate-linear, 3-4(-7) mm, puberulent. |
(12-)30-80(-120)-flowered; pedicel 0.5-2 cm, glandular-puberulent; bracteoles 3-5 mm from flowers, green to purple, linear, 5-8 mm, glandular-puberulent. |
Flowers | sepals dark blue, nearly glabrous, lateral sepals spreading, 9-15 × 5-8 mm, spurs usually upcurved, ascending 30-45° above horizontal, 10-14 mm; lower petal blades slightly elevated, ± exposing stamens, 4-5 mm, clefts 2-3 mm; hairs centered, densest on inner lobe above base of cleft, also on margins, white. |
sepals (in bud) yellowish or brownish purple, becoming browner or yellower with age, glandular-puberulent, lateral sepals forward pointing, 8-12 × 3-5 mm, spurs straight, ascending 20-45° above horizontal, 8-11 mm; lower petal blades slightly elevated, ± exposing stamens, 2.5-5 mm, clefts 1-2 mm; hairs centered, mostly above base of cleft, yellow. |
Fruits | 10-18 mm, 4.1-4.5 times longer than wide, puberulent. |
12-18 mm, 3-4 times longer than wide, puberulent. |
Seeds | seed coat cells with surfaces bumpy or wavy. |
wing-margined; seed coat cells elongate, surfaces smooth. |
2n | = 16. |
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Delphinium uliginosum |
Delphinium sapellonis |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–early summer. | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Serpentine streamsides, chaparral, grassland | Subalpine meadows and open coniferous forest |
Elevation | 400-600 m [1300-2000 ft] | 2600-3500 m [8500-11500 ft] |
Distribution |
CA
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NM |
Discussion | Although some populations are large, Delphinium uliginosum is very local. Hybrids with D. hesperium subsp. pallescens have been seen. Delphinium uliginosum is a very distinctive species, not likely to be confused with any other. The fan-shaped, slightly dissected leaves are apparently unique in the genus. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Delphinium sapellonis hybridizes with D. barbeyi and D. robustum. It replaces D. robustum and represents the southern Cordilleran complex at higher elevations of the southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains east of Santa Fe. It is not known elsewhere. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. |
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Name authority | Curran: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 151. (1885) | Tidestrom: Bot. Gaz. 34: 453. (1902) |
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