Delphinium uliginosum |
Delphinium sect. Diedropetala |
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swamp larkspur |
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Roots | 2-80 cm, tuberlike or fibrous, dry or fleshy; buds often less than 3 mm. |
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Stems | 10-30(-70) cm; base reddish or not, nearly glabrous. |
1-8(-19) per root; base firmly attached to root or not. |
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. |
cauline and/or in basal rosette, gradually or abruptly reduced into bracts. |
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. |
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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 blue, purple, white, red, or yellow; lower petal blades often same color as lateral sepals, usually greater than 1/5 length of lateral sepals (exceptions in red- and yellow-flowered species). |
Fruits | 10-18 mm, 4.1-4.5 times longer than wide, puberulent. |
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Seeds | seed coat cells with surfaces bumpy or wavy. |
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2n | = 16. |
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Delphinium uliginosum |
Delphinium sect. Diedropetala |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–early summer. | |
Habitat | Serpentine streamsides, chaparral, grassland | |
Elevation | 400-600 m (1300-2000 ft) | |
Distribution |
CA
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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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3, p. 197. |
Parent taxa | Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Depauperata | Ranunculaceae > Delphinium |
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Name authority | Curran: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 151. (1885) | Huth: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 420. (1895) |
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