Delphinium viridescens |
Delphinium parryi |
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Wenatchee larkspur |
Parry's larkspur, San Bernardino larkspur |
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Stems | 90-150 cm; base usually green, glabrous. |
(10-)40-80(-110) cm; base reddish, puberulent. |
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Leaves | blade cuneate to semicircular, 2-5 × 3-12 cm, nearly glabrous; ultimate lobes 3-21, width 1-8 mm. |
blade pentagonal, 1-7 × 2-10 cm, ± puberulent; ultimate lobes 3-27, width 1-20 mm (basal), 0.5-5 mm (cauline). |
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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. |
(2-)8-24(-48)-flowered, cylindric; pedicel ± spreading, (0.5-)1-3(-6.8) cm, usually puberulent; bracteoles 2-7(-16) mm from flowers, green to blue, lance-linear, 2-6(-10) mm, puberulent. |
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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 bluish purple, puberulent, lateral sepals spreading or reflexed, (7-)10-20(-25) × 4-9 mm, spurs straight, ascending 0-30° above horizontal, 9-17(-21) mm; lower petal blades slightly elevated, ± exposing stamens, 3-10 mm, clefts 2-6 mm; hairs mostly near base of cleft, centered or on inner lobes, white. |
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Fruits | 8-11 mm, 2.5-3 times longer than wide, puberulent. |
10-19 mm, 2.8-4 times longer than wide, puberulent or glabrous. |
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Seeds | ± wing-margined; seed coat cells with surfaces ± roughened. |
seed coat cells ± brick-shaped, cell margins undulate, surfaces ± roughened. |
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Delphinium viridescens |
Delphinium parryi |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | |||||||||||||||||
Habitat | Wet meadows and streamsides in coniferous forest, heavy clay soils | |||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 500-1000 m (1600-3300 ft) | |||||||||||||||||
Distribution |
WA
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North America (Calif)
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Discussion | Of conservation concern. Delphinium viridescens is local in mountains southwest of Wenatchee, Washington. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Subspecies 5 (5 in the flora). A number of local phases are found in Delphinium parryi. Five of these appear consistently distinct and are recognized here. Other phases may be locally distinct but grade into other nearby phases. Delphinium parryi hybridizes with D. cardinale (D. ×inflexum Davidson). The Kawaiisu used the ground root of Delphinium parryi medicinally as a salve for swollen limbs (D. E. Moerman 1986, no subspecies specified). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. | ||||||||||||||||
Parent taxa | Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Multiplex | Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Subscaposa | ||||||||||||||||
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Name authority | Leiberg: Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 11: 39. (1897) | A. Gray: Bot. Gaz. 12: 53. (1887) | ||||||||||||||||
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