Delphinium viridescens |
Delphinium madrense |
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Wenatchee larkspur |
Edwards' Plateau larkspur, Sierra madre larkspur |
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Stems | 90-150 cm; base usually green, glabrous. |
30-80(-100) cm; base often reddish, puberulent. |
Leaves | blade cuneate to semicircular, 2-5 × 3-12 cm, nearly glabrous; ultimate lobes 3-21, width 1-8 mm. |
blade semicircular to cordate, 2-8 × 2-10 cm, nearly glabrous; ultimate lobes 3-12, width 3-10 mm (basal), 2-6 mm (cauline). |
Inflorescences | 25-80-flowered, dense; pedicel 0.5-2 cm, glandular-pubescent; bracteoles 1-4 mm from flowers, green, lanceolate, 3.5-6 mm, glandular-pubescent. |
5-75(-98)-flowered; pedicel 1-2.5(-5) cm, puberulent; bracteoles 2-4(-8) mm from flowers, green, lanceolate-linear, 3-5 mm, puberulent. |
Flowers | sepals yellowish green, nearly glabrous, lateral sepals forward pointing, 7-9 × 3-4 mm, spurs decurved, 30-45° below horizontal, often hooked apically, 8-11 mm; lower petal blades ± covering stamens, 4-6 mm, clefts 0.5-1.5 mm; hairs centered, mostly near junction of blade and claw, yellow. |
sepals dark blue to light blue, puberulent, lateral sepals spreading, 9-15 × 5-7 mm, spurs straight, ascending ca. 45(-90)°, 10-15(-19) mm; lower petal blades elevated, exposing stamens, 4-7 mm, clefts 2-4 mm; hairs centered, densest on inner lobes near base of cleft, white. |
Fruits | 8-11 mm, 2.5-3 times longer than wide, puberulent. |
15-21 mm, 3.5-4.5 times longer than wide, nearly glabrous. |
Seeds | ± wing-margined; seed coat cells with surfaces ± roughened. |
seed coat cells with surfaces pustulate. |
Delphinium viridescens |
Delphinium madrense |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering spring–early summer. |
Habitat | Wet meadows and streamsides in coniferous forest, heavy clay soils | Calcareous slopes, oak woods or desert scrub |
Elevation | 500-1000 m (1600-3300 ft) | 300-2100 m (1000-6900 ft) |
Distribution |
WA
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TX; Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas) |
Discussion | Of conservation concern. Delphinium viridescens is local in mountains southwest of Wenatchee, Washington. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Delphinium madrense hybridizes with D. carolinianum subspp. vimineum and virescens. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. |
Parent taxa | Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Multiplex | Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Virescens |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | Leiberg: Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 11: 39. (1897) | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 141. (1890) |
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