Delphinium umbraculorum |
Delphinium sapellonis |
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umbrella larkspur |
Sapello Canyon larkspur |
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Stems | 40-70(-90) cm; base often reddish, glabrous or puberulent. |
(50-)100-180(-220) cm; base sometimes reddish, glabrous sometimes 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 to pentagonal, 6-10 × 8-16 cm, nearly glabrous; ultimate lobes 5-15, width 5-25 mm. |
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. |
(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, 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 (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 | 9-16(-19) mm, 2.5-3(-4) times longer than wide, puberulent. |
12-18 mm, 3-4 times longer than wide, puberulent. |
Seeds | seed coat cells brick-shaped, cell margins straight, surfaces smooth. |
wing-margined; seed coat cells elongate, surfaces smooth. |
2n | = 16. |
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Delphinium umbraculorum |
Delphinium sapellonis |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–early summer. | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Slopes in oak forests | Subalpine meadows and open coniferous forest |
Elevation | 400-1600 m (1300-5200 ft) | 2600-3500 m (8500-11500 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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NM |
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.) |
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. |
Parent taxa | Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Subscaposa | Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Exaltata |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | H. F. Lewis & Epling: Brittonia 8: 19. (1954) | Tidestrom: Bot. Gaz. 34: 453. (1902) |
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