Delphinium wootonii |
Delphinium scaposum |
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Organ Mountain larkspur, Wooton's larkspur |
bare-stem larkspur, desert larkspur, tall mountain larkspur |
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Stems | (15-)30-50(-60) cm; base sometimes reddish, pubescent. |
25-50(-65) cm; base usually reddish, glabrous, glaucous. |
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 ± round, 0.5-4 × 0.5-6 cm, puberulent to glabrous; ultimate lobes 3-9, width 2-15 mm (basal), 0.5-3 mm (cauline). |
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. |
10-25(-40)-flowered, cylindric; pedicel ascending, 0.6-2.5 cm, glabrous; bracteoles 2-5 mm from flowers, green to blue, linear-lanceolate, 2-4 mm, glabrous. |
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 bright dark blue, glabrous, lateral sepals spreading, 11-14 × 4-6 mm, spurs straight, sometimes decurved, ascending 30-45° above horizontal, 13-18 mm; lower petal blades elevated, exposing stamens, 5-8 mm, cleft 2-4 mm; hairs mostly centered on inner lobes near junction of blade and claw, white. |
Fruits | (10-)11-20(-24) mm, 3-3.5 times longer than wide, glabrous. |
12-16 mm, 2.5-3 times longer than wide, glabrous. |
Seeds | seed coat cells with surfaces pustulate. |
seed coat cells ± brick-shaped, cell margins straight, surfaces smooth. |
2n | = 16. |
= 16. |
Delphinium wootonii |
Delphinium scaposum |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | Flowering spring. |
Habitat | Oak woods, grasslands, desert scrub | Juniper woods, grassland |
Elevation | 700-1800 m (2300-5900 ft) | 1200-2700 m (3900-8900 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CO; NM; TX; Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua, and Coahuila)
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AZ; CO; NM; UT
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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.) |
Delphinium scaposum is reportedly used in Navajo and Hopi religous ceremonies, as well as for a wash following childbirth (D. E. Moerman 1986). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. |
Parent taxa | Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Virescens | Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Subscaposa |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | D. virescens subsp. wootonii | D. andersonii var. scaposum |
Name authority | Rydberg: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 26: 587. (1900) | Greene: Bot. Gaz. 6: 156. 1881, not D. scaposum W. T. Wang (1957) |
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