Delphinium variegatum |
Delphinium uliginosum |
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royal larkspur |
swamp larkspur |
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Stems | (10-)20-50(-80) cm; base reddish or not, not longitudinally ridged, long-pubescent. |
10-30(-70) cm; base reddish or not, nearly glabrous. |
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Leaves | blade round to pentagonal, 1-4.5 × 2-6 cm, pubescent; ultimate lobes 3-15, width 3-8 mm (basal), 2-5 mm (cauline). |
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. |
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Inflorescences | (4-)6-17(-20)-flowered, open; pedicel 0.5-3(-7) cm, usually puberulent; bracteoles 2-7(-23) mm from flowers, green, linear-lanceolate, 3-8 mm, puberulent. |
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 usually deep royal blue, sometimes bright blue to light blue or white, ± finely pubescent, lateral sepals spreading, 10-18(-25) × 6-10 mm, spurs straight, ascending ca. 30° above horizontal, 10-19 mm; lower petal blades slightly elevated, ± exposing stamens, 4-11 mm, clefts 0.5-3.5 mm; hairs sparse, more on inner lobes than outer lobe or centered, scattered on margins, white or yellow. |
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. |
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Fruits | 9-19 mm, 2.2-3.8 times longer than wide, ± puberulent. |
10-18 mm, 4.1-4.5 times longer than wide, puberulent. |
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Seeds | not echinate, appearing ± smooth to naked eye; seed coat cells with margins ± undulate, surfaces roughened. |
seed coat cells with surfaces bumpy or wavy. |
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2n | = 16. |
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Delphinium variegatum |
Delphinium uliginosum |
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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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CA
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Discussion | Subspecies 3 (3 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Echinata | Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Depauperata | ||||||||
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Name authority | Torrey & A. Gray: Fl. N. Amer. 1: 32. 183: not D. variegatum Baillon 1883 | Curran: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 151. (1885) | ||||||||
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