familyRanunculaceae
genusDelphinium
sectionDelphinium sect. Diedropetala
subsectionDelphinium subsect. Exaltata
speciesDelphinium glaucescens

Delphinium glaucescens

Rydberg

Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 155. 1900.

Michael J. Warnock
Common names: Glaucous larkspur
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.

Stems 35-70 (-100) cm; base ± reddish, glabrous, glaucous. Leaves cauline, 6-22, absent from proximal 1/5 of stem at anthesis; petiole 1-10 cm. Leaf-blade pentagonal to round, 2-9 × 3-14 cm, margins seldom laciniate, nearly glabrous; ultimate lobes 5-17, width 2-8 mm, tips abruptly tapered to mucronate apex; midcauline leaf lobes more than 3 times longer than wide. Inflorescences 10-25-flowered; pedicel 0.5-1.5 cm, puberulent to glabrous; bracteoles 2-20 mm from flowers, green, linear, 3-8 mm, nearly glabrous. Flowers: sepals dark blue, nearly glabrous, lateral sepals spreading to reflexed, 8-12 × 3-4 mm, spurs straight, ascending 40-90°, 9-13 mm; lower petal blades ± covering stamens, 3-5 mm, clefts 1-2 mm; hairs centered, mostly near base of cleft, white. Fruits 7-13 mm, 3.4-4 times longer than wide, puberulent. Seeds ± wing-margined; seed-coat cells narrow but short, surfaces smooth.


Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Rocky slopes in subalpine coniferous woods
Elevation: 2000-4000 m

Distribution

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Idaho, Mont., Wyo.

Discussion

Hybrids with Delphinium glaucum are known.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Anther dehiscence
dehiscing +
Author
Michael J. Warnock +
Authority
Rydberg +
Basal leaf size
usually larger +
Base coloration
reddish +
Base fixation
attached +
Base pubescence
glaucous +  and glabrous +
Base shape
not narrowed +
Base size
expanded +
Beak course
straight +
Beak position or structure subtype
terminal +
Beak some measurement
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Blade shape
lobing +
Bracteole architecture
sepaloid +
Bracteole arrangement
subopposite-subalternate +
Bracteole arrangement or course or shape
linear +
Bracteole coloration
green +
Bracteole location
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Bracteole presence
absent +
Bracteole pubescence
glabrous +
Bracteole some measurement
3mm;8mm +
Bud presence
absent +
Bud some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (?) +
Capsule arrangement
aggregated +
Capsule shape
globose;cylindric +
Cauline leaf arrangement
alternate +
Cell margin course
straight +
Cell shape
elongate +
Cleft some measurement
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Common name
Glaucous larkspur +
Distribution
Idaho +, Mont. +  and Wyo. +
Elevation
2000-4000 m +
Embryo size
small +
Endosperm quantity
abundant +
Flower architecture
sessile +  and pedicellate +
Flower architecture or arrangement or growth form
solitary +
Flower architecture or shape
symmetric +
Flower density
dense +
Flower prominence
showy +  and inconspicuous +
Flower reproduction
bisexual +
Flower shape
cylindric +
Fruit l w ratio
3.4-4 +
Fruit orientation
erect +
Fruit pubescence
puberulent +
Fruit quantity
5 +
Fruit some measurement
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
Fruits follicle architecture
sessile +  and aggregate +
Fruits follicle shape
curved-cylindric +
Habitat
Rocky slopes in subalpine coniferous woods +
Hair coloration
white +
Hair position
centered +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
John Myers +
Inflorescence architecture
10-25-flowered +
Inflorescence position
axillary +  and terminal +
Inflorescence position or structure subtype
terminal +
Inflorescence quantity
5;10 +
Internode position
middle +
Lateral sepal length
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
Lateral sepal orientation
spreading +  and reflexed +
Lateral sepal quantity
2 +
Lateral sepal shape
less ovate +  and elliptic +
Lateral sepal some measurement
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
Lateral sepal width
3mm;4mm +
Leaf-blade architecture
compound +
Leaf-blade architecture or shape
undivided +
Leaf-blade length
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br />) +
Leaf-blade shape
pentagonal +  and round +
Leaf-blade width
3cm;14cm +
Leaf architecture
petiolate +
Leaf arrangement
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
Leaf lobe l w ratio
3+ +
Leaf position
cauline +
Leaf presence
absent +
Leaf quantity
6 (22) +
Leaf size
smaller +, slightly below middle slightly below middle internodes +  and largest +
Lobe shape
lacerate;crenate +
Lower petal quantity
2 +
Lower petal shape
clawed +, 2-lobed +, ovate +  and plane +
Lower petal some measurement
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
Lower sepal quantity
2 +
Margin architecture
palmate +  and pinnate +
Margin architecture or shape
entire +
Margin pubescence
glabrous +
Margin shape
laciniate +
Midpedicel angle degree
30+° +
Nectary presence
absent +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Other size
reduced +
Ovule quantity
8;20 +
Pedicel orientation
spreading +
Pedicel presence
absent +
Pedicel pubescence
puberulent +  and glabrous +
Pedicel some measurement
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Perianth position
hypogynous +
Petal blade some measurement
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Petal fusion
distinct +
Petal prominence
conspicuous +
Petal quantity
0;26 +
Petal shape
spurred +, funnel--shaped +, cup-shaped +  and plane +
Petal size
reduced +
Petiole architecture or shape
sheathing +
Petiole height or length or size
shorter +
Petiole orientation
ascending +
Petiole presence
absent +
Petiole some measurement
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
Phenology
Flowering summer. +
Pistil architecture
simple +
Pistil atypical quantity
3 (5) +
Pistil quantity
3 +
Publication title
Mem. New York Bot. Gard. +
Publication year
1900 +
Raceme architecture
2-100-flowered +
Raceme some measurement
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
Reference
None +
Ridge architecture or course
irregular +
Ridge shape
wavy +
Ridge size
small +
Root architecture
twisted +  and 4-15-branched +
Root architecture or arrangement
fasciculate +
Root condition or texture
dry +
Root shape
tuberlike +
Root some measurement
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br />) +
Root texture
fibrous +
Season life cycle
dormant +
Seed-coat cell height or length or size
short +
Seed-coat cell size or width
narrow +
Seed architecture
wing-margined +
Seed coloration
dark-brown +  and black +
Seed length
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
Seed pubescence or relief
rough +
Seed quantity
1;many +
Seed relief
not ringed +
Seed shape
rectangular +  and crescent-shaped +
Seed width
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
Sepal architecture
petaloid +
Sepal architecture or shape
spurred +
Sepal arrangement
imbricate +
Sepal atypical quantity
6 (20) +
Sepal coloration
dark blue +
Sepal duration
not persistent +
Sepal fusion
distinct +
Sepal pubescence
glabrous +
Sepal quantity
3 +  and 6 +
Side architecture
not +  and veined +
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Special status
Endemic +
Spur course
straight +
Spur orientation
ascending +
Spur some measurement
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
Stamen fusion
distinct +
Stamen quantity
25;40 +
Staminode presence
absent +
Stem architecture
unbranched +
Stem atypical quantity
8 (19) +
Stem atypical some measurement
70 cm700 mm <br />0.7 m <br /> (100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br />) +
Stem quantity
3 +  and 8 +
Stem some measurement
35 cm350 mm <br />0.35 m <br /> (70 cm700 mm <br />0.7 m <br />) +
Stipule presence
absent +
Style duration
persistent +
Style presence
absent +
Surface architecture or pubescence or relief
smooth +
Taxon family
Ranunculaceae +
Taxon name
Delphinium glaucescens +
Taxon parent
Delphinium subsect. Exaltata +
Taxon rank
species +
Tip shape
abruptly tapered +  and mucronate +
Ultimate lobe quantity
5 (17) +
Ultimate lobe width
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Upper petal architecture or shape
spurred +
Upper petal quantity
2 +
Upper sepal architecture or shape
spurred +
Upper sepal quantity
1 +
Upper sepal some measurement
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (2.4 cm24 mm <br />0.024 m <br />) +
Volume
Volume 3 +
Week quantity
2 (?) +
Whole organism architecture
rhizomatous +
Whole organism duration
perennial +
Whole organism growth form
herb +
Whole organism position
low +
Whole organism texture
herbaceous +  and woody +
X chromosome quantity
8 +