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

Delphinium sapellonis

Tidestrom

Bot. Gaz. 34: 453. 1902.

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

Stems (50-) 100-180 (-220) cm; base sometimes reddish, glabrous sometimes glaucous. Leaves cauline, 10-20, absent from proximal 1/5 of stem at anthesis; petiole 5-12 cm. Leaf-blade round to pentagonal, 6-10 × 8-16 cm, nearly glabrous; ultimate lobes 5-15, width 5-25 mm. Inflorescences (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 (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 12-18 mm, 3-4 times longer than wide, puberulent. Seeds wing-margined; seed-coat cells elongate, surfaces smooth.


Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Subalpine meadows and open coniferous forest
Elevation: 2600-3500 m

Distribution

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N.Mex.

Discussion

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.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Anther dehiscence
dehiscing +
Author
Michael J. Warnock +
Authority
Tidestrom +
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 +  and purple +
Bracteole location
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Bracteole presence
absent +
Bracteole pubescence
glandular-puberulent +
Bracteole some measurement
5mm;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
Sapello Canyon larkspur +
Distribution
N.Mex. +
Elevation
2600-3500 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 +
Fruit orientation
erect +
Fruit pubescence
puberulent +
Fruit quantity
5 +
Fruit some measurement
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
Fruits follicle architecture
sessile +  and aggregate +
Fruits follicle shape
curved-cylindric +
Habitat
Subalpine meadows and open coniferous forest +
Hair coloration
yellow +
Hair position
centered +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
John Myers +
Inflorescence architecture
(12-)30-80(-120)-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
pointing +
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;5mm +
Leaf-blade architecture
compound +
Leaf-blade architecture or shape
undivided +
Leaf-blade length
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
Leaf-blade pubescence
glabrous +
Leaf-blade shape
round +  and pentagonal +
Leaf-blade width
8cm;16cm +
Leaf architecture
petiolate +
Leaf arrangement
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
Leaf position
cauline +
Leaf presence
absent +
Leaf quantity
10 (20) +
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 shape
incised;toothed;incised;toothed;entire +
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
glandular-puberulent +
Pedicel some measurement
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Perianth position
hypogynous +
Petal blade prominence
elevated +
Petal blade some measurement
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 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
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
Phenology
Flowering summer. +
Pistil architecture
simple +
Pistil atypical quantity
3 (5) +
Pistil quantity
3 +
Publication title
Bot. Gaz. +
Publication year
1902 +
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 shape
elongate +
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
yellower;browner;brownish purple;yellowish +
Sepal duration
not persistent +
Sepal fusion
distinct +
Sepal pubescence
glandular-puberulent +
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
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
Stamen fusion
distinct +
Stamen quantity
25;40 +
Staminode presence
absent +
Stem architecture
unbranched +
Stem atypical quantity
8 (19) +
Stem atypical some measurement
180 cm1,800 mm <br />1.8 m <br /> (220 cm2,200 mm <br />2.2 m <br />) +
Stem quantity
3 +  and 8 +
Stem some measurement
100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br /> (180 cm1,800 mm <br />1.8 m <br />) +
Stipule presence
absent +
Style duration
persistent +
Style presence
absent +
Surface architecture or pubescence or relief
smooth +
Taxon family
Ranunculaceae +
Taxon name
Delphinium sapellonis +
Taxon parent
Delphinium subsect. Exaltata +
Taxon rank
species +
Ultimate lobe quantity
5 (15) +
Ultimate lobe width
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 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 +