Delphinium xantholeucum |
Delphinium sapellonis |
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yellow-white larkspur |
Sapello Canyon larkspur |
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Stems | 40-60(-100) cm; base often reddish, glabrous, ± glaucous. |
(50-)100-180(-220) cm; base sometimes reddish, glabrous sometimes glaucous. |
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 to pentagonal, 6-10 × 8-16 cm, nearly glabrous; ultimate lobes 5-15, width 5-25 mm. |
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. |
(12-)30-80(-120)-flowered; pedicel 0.5-2 cm, glandular-puberulent; bracteoles 3-5 mm from flowers, green to purple, linear, 5-8 mm, glandular-puberulent. |
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 (in bud) yellowish or brownish purple, becoming browner or yellower with age, glandular-puberulent, lateral sepals forward pointing, 8-12 × 3-5 mm, spurs straight, ascending 20-45° above horizontal, 8-11 mm; lower petal blades slightly elevated, ± exposing stamens, 2.5-5 mm, clefts 1-2 mm; hairs centered, mostly above base of cleft, yellow. |
Fruits | 15-22 mm, 3-4 times longer than wide, glabrous to glandular-puberulent. |
12-18 mm, 3-4 times longer than wide, puberulent. |
Seeds | seed coat cells narrow, short, cell margins straight, surfaces smooth. |
wing-margined; seed coat cells elongate, surfaces smooth. |
2n | = 16. |
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Delphinium xantholeucum |
Delphinium sapellonis |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Slopes in open yellow pine forests, grasslands, sage scrub | Subalpine meadows and open coniferous forest |
Elevation | 150-600 m (500-2000 ft) | 2600-3500 m (8500-11500 ft) |
Distribution |
WA
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NM |
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.) |
Delphinium sapellonis hybridizes with D. barbeyi and D. robustum. It replaces D. robustum and represents the southern Cordilleran complex at higher elevations of the southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains east of Santa Fe. It is not known elsewhere. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. |
Parent taxa | Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Subscaposa | Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > sect. Diedropetala > subsect. Exaltata |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | Piper: Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 11: 280. (1906) | Tidestrom: Bot. Gaz. 34: 453. (1902) |
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