Delphinium viridescens |
Delphinium novomexicanum |
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Wenatchee larkspur |
New Mexico larkspur, White Mountain larkspur |
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Stems | 90-150 cm; base usually green, glabrous. |
90-180(-250) cm; base usually green, glabrous. |
Leaves | blade cuneate to semicircular, 2-5 × 3-12 cm, nearly glabrous; ultimate lobes 3-21, width 1-8 mm. |
blade round to pentagonal, 5-10 × 8-18 cm, nearly glabrous; ultimate lobes 5-21, width 4-15 mm. |
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. |
(20-)30-70(-140)-flowered; pedicel 0.5-1.5 cm, puberulent; bracteoles 1-3 mm from flowers, green, linear, 5-8 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 (in bud) purple to lavender, fading brownish, puberulent, lateral sepals ± forward pointing, 7-11 × 4-5 mm, spurs straight to gently decurved, ascending 30-45° above horizontal, 7-11 mm; lower petal blades ± covering stamens, 3.5-6 mm, clefts 1-2 mm; hairs mostly centered between base of cleft and junction of blade and claw, white or yellow. |
Fruits | 8-11 mm, 2.5-3 times longer than wide, puberulent. |
12-16 mm, 3-4 times longer than wide, puberulent. |
Seeds | ± wing-margined; seed coat cells with surfaces ± roughened. |
wing-margined; seed coat cells elongate, surfaces ± roughened. |
2n | = 16. |
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Delphinium viridescens |
Delphinium novomexicanum |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering summer to early autumn. |
Habitat | Wet meadows and streamsides in coniferous forest, heavy clay soils | Meadows in coniferous forest |
Elevation | 500-1000 m (1600-3300 ft) | 2200-3900 m (7200-12800 ft) |
Distribution |
WA
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NM |
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 novomexicanum represents the southern Cordilleran complex in the Sacramento and White mountains. (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. Exaltata |
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Synonyms | D. sierrae-blancae | |
Name authority | Leiberg: Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 11: 39. (1897) | Wooton: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 37: 37. (1910) |
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