Delphinium umbraculorum |
Delphinium lineapetalum |
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umbrella larkspur |
thinpetal larkspur |
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Stems | 40-70(-90) cm; base often reddish, glabrous or puberulent. |
(15-)30-60 cm; base usually reddish, glabrous to glaucous. |
Leaves | blade round to pentagonal, 1.5-4 × 2-6 cm, nearly glabrous; ultimate lobes 3-13, width 3-20 mm (basal), 1-8 mm (cauline). |
blade round, 1-5 × 2-6 cm, glabrous; ultimate lobes 5-16, width 1-4 mm (basal), 0.5-3 mm (cauline). |
Inflorescences | (5-)10-25(-45)-flowered, open, narrowly pyramidal; pedicel 0.5-3(-7) cm, glabrous to puberulent; bracteoles 3-7 mm from flowers, green, linear, 3-6 mm, puberulent. |
(3-)9-24(-40)-flowered, pyramidal; pedicel spreading, 1-2.5 cm, glabrous or glandular-puberulent; bracteoles 4-7 mm from flowers, blue or green, linear, 1-3 mm, glabrous or glandular-puberulent. |
Flowers | sepals dark blue, puberulent, lateral sepals spreading, 9-16 × 4-7 mm, spurs gently upcurved, ascending 30-45° above horizontal, 8-14 mm; lower petal blades elevated, exposing stamens, 3.5-6 mm, clefts 0.5-1.5 mm; hairs densest near junction of blade and claw above base of cleft, centered or on inner lobes, white. |
sepals light blue to lavender, nearly glabrous, lateral sepals reflexed, 10-13 × 3-5 mm, spurs straight to slightly decurved, nearly horizontal to ascending ca. 30°, 11-17 mm; lower petal blades elevated, exposing stamens, 3-5 mm, clefts 0.5-2 mm; hairs centered mostly on inner lobes near base of cleft, white. |
Fruits | 9-16(-19) mm, 2.5-3(-4) times longer than wide, puberulent. |
13-21 mm, 4-4.5 times longer than wide, puberulent to glabrous. |
Seeds | seed coat cells brick-shaped, cell margins straight, surfaces smooth. |
seed coat cells narrow, short, cell margins straight, surfaces smooth. |
2n | = 16. |
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Delphinium umbraculorum |
Delphinium lineapetalum |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–early summer. | Flowering spring. |
Habitat | Slopes in oak forests | Open pine woods, dry meadows |
Elevation | 400-1600 m (1300-5200 ft) | 400-1800 m (1300-5900 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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WA
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Discussion | Delphinium umbraculorum is most often confused with D. patens subsp. hepaticoideum; refer to discussion of that taxon for distinguishing features. Hybrids occur with D. parryi and D. patens subsp. montanum. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Of conservation concern. (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. nuttallianum var. lineapetalum | |
Name authority | H. F. Lewis & Epling: Brittonia 8: 19. (1954) | Ewan: Univ. Colorado Stud., Ser. D, Phys. Sci. 2: 126. (1945) |
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