Delphinium xantholeucum |
Delphinium bicolor |
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yellow-white larkspur |
Flathead larkspur, little larkspur, low larkspur, Montana larkspur |
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Stems | 40-60(-100) cm; base often reddish, glabrous, ± glaucous. |
10-40(-70) cm; base often reddish, glabrous to puberulent. |
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Leaves | blade round, 2-6 × 4-10 cm, nearly glabrous; ultimate lobes 3-15, width 3-8 mm (basal), 1-5 mm (cauline). |
blade round, 1-4 × 1.5-7 cm, glabrous to puberulent; ultimate lobes 3-19, width 1-8 mm (basal), 1-3 mm (cauline). |
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Inflorescences | 10-20(-60)-flowered, narrowly pyramidal; pedicel spreading, yellowish, 1.5-3 cm, ± glandular-puberulent; bracteoles 6-12 mm from flowers, green to light brown, linear to lanceolate, 4-7 mm, nearly glabrous. |
3-12(-22)-flowered; pedicel 1-4(-8) cm, ± puberulent; bracteoles 2-7(-17) mm from flowers, green, sometimes white-margined, lanceolate, 4-6(-8) mm, puberulent. |
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Flowers | sepals yellow, glabrous, lateral sepals reflexed, 9-12 × 3-5 mm, spurs straight, ascending ca. 45° above horizontal, 11-15 mm; lower petal blades elevated, exposing stamens, 3-5 mm, clefts 1-2 mm; hairs centered mostly on inner lobes near base of cleft, white. |
sepals dark blue, puberulent, lateral sepals usually spreading, 16-21 × 6-12 mm, spurs straight to gently decurved, ascending 0-40° above horizontal, 13-23 mm; lower petal blades covering stamens, 7-12 mm, clefts 0.1-3 mm; hairs sparse, short, mostly on inner lobes below junction of blade and claw, white or yellow. |
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Fruits | 15-22 mm, 3-4 times longer than wide, glabrous to glandular-puberulent. |
(12-)16-22 mm, 4-4.5 times longer than wide, usually puberulent. |
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Seeds | seed coat cells narrow, short, cell margins straight, surfaces smooth. |
often winged; seed coat cells with surfaces ± smooth. |
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2n | = 16. |
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Delphinium xantholeucum |
Delphinium bicolor |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | |||||
Habitat | Slopes in open yellow pine forests, grasslands, sage scrub | |||||
Elevation | 150-600 m (500-2000 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
WA
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ID; MT; ND; NE; SD; WY; AB; BC; SK
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Discussion | Of conservation concern. Delphinium xantholeucum is very local; much of the habitat of this species has been converted to orchards. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora). Delphinium bicolor is closely related to D. glareosum; it differs in its wider-lobed cauline leaves, shallower petal clefts, and narrower fruits. The Gosiute consider this plant to be poisonous (D. E. Moerman 1986, subspecies not 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. Subscaposa | Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Bicoloria | ||||
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Name authority | Piper: Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 11: 280. (1906) | Nuttall: J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7: 10. (1834) | ||||
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