Delphinium sect. Diedropetala
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 420. 1895.
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3. Treatment on page 197.
Roots 2-80 cm, tuberlike or fibrous, dry or fleshy; buds often less than 3 mm. Stems 1-8 (-19) per root; base firmly attached to root or not. Leaves cauline and/or in basal rosette, gradually or abruptly reduced into bracts. Flowers: sepals blue, purple, white, red, or yellow; lower petal blades often same color as lateral sepals, usually greater than 1/5 length of lateral sepals (exceptions in red and yellow-flowered species).
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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dehiscing +
usually larger +
attached +
straight +
terminal +
sepaloid +
subopposite-subalternate +
absent +
aggregated +
globose;cylindric +
alternate +
small +
abundant +
symmetric +
bisexual +
curved-cylindric +
compound +
undivided +
petiolate +
cauline +
lacerate;crenate +
incised;toothed;incised;toothed;entire +
absent +
8;20 +
absent +
hypogynous +
distinct +
conspicuous +
0;26 +
reduced +
sheathing +
absent +
simple +
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. +
1895 +
2-100-flowered +
fasciculate +
tuberlike +
1;many +
petaloid +
spurred +
imbricate +
yellow;red;yellow;red;white;purple;blue +
not persistent +
distinct +
distinct +
25;40 +
absent +
unarmed +
absent +
persistent +
absent +
Delphinium sect. Diedropetala +
Delphinium +
section +
rhizomatous +
perennial +