Delphinium wootonii |
Delphinium parryi |
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Organ Mountain larkspur, Wooton's larkspur |
Parry's larkspur, San Bernardino larkspur |
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Stems | (15-)30-50(-60) cm; base sometimes reddish, pubescent. |
(10-)40-80(-110) cm; base reddish, puberulent. |
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Leaves | blade reniform to fan-shaped, 1.5-3 × 2.5-4 cm, puberulent; ultimate lobes 5-24, width 2-6 mm (basal), 1-3 mm (cauline). |
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 | 15-30(-49)-flowered; pedicel 1-2(-3.6) cm, puberulent; bracteoles 1-5 mm from flowers, green, linear, 1-4(-12) mm, puberulent. |
(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 white to lavender, nearly glabrous, lateral sepals usually reflexed, (6-)8-13 × 3-7 mm, spur straight, ascending 30-80° above horizontal, (8-)13-20(-25) mm; lower petal blades ± elevated, 6-9 mm, cleft 2.5-4.5 mm; hairs centered, densest near base of cleft, white. |
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 | (10-)11-20(-24) mm, 3-3.5 times longer than wide, glabrous. |
10-19 mm, 2.8-4 times longer than wide, puberulent or glabrous. |
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Seeds | seed coat cells with surfaces pustulate. |
seed coat cells ± brick-shaped, cell margins undulate, surfaces ± roughened. |
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2n | = 16. |
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Delphinium wootonii |
Delphinium parryi |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | |||||||||||||||||
Habitat | Oak woods, grasslands, desert scrub | |||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 700-1800 m (2300-5900 ft) | |||||||||||||||||
Distribution |
AZ; CO; NM; TX; Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua, and Coahuila)
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North America (Calif)
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Discussion | Delphinium wootonii hybridizes with D. madrense in the eastern Big Bend area of Texas, and with D. carolinianum subsp. virescens. (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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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. | ||||||||||||||||
Parent taxa | Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Virescens | Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Subscaposa | ||||||||||||||||
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Synonyms | D. virescens subsp. wootonii | |||||||||||||||||
Name authority | Rydberg: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 26: 587. (1900) | A. Gray: Bot. Gaz. 12: 53. (1887) | ||||||||||||||||
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