familyRanunculaceae
genusDelphinium
sectionDelphinium sect. Elatopsis

Delphinium sect. Elatopsis

Huth

Bull. Herb. Boissier 1: 330. 1893.

Michael J. Warnock
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3. Treatment on page 197.

Roots 20-60 cm, fibrous, dry; buds more than 3 mm. Stems 2-8 per root; base firmly attached to root. Leaves cauline, gradually reduced into bracts. Flowers: sepals blue, purple, or white; lower petal blades less than 1/5 length of lateral sepals, darker colored than lateral sepals.

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Anther dehiscence
dehiscing +
Author
Michael J. Warnock +
Authority
Huth +
Basal leaf size
usually larger +
Base fixation
attached +
Base shape
cuneate +, truncate +  and cordate +
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 />) +
Bracteole architecture
sepaloid +
Bracteole arrangement
subopposite-subalternate +
Bracteole presence
absent +
Capsule arrangement
aggregated +
Capsule shape
globose;cylindric +
Cauline leaf arrangement
alternate +
Distribution
n temperate and arctic subtropical and +, in Eastern Hemisphere +  and tropical mountains (s of equator in Africa) +
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 prominence
showy +  and inconspicuous +
Flower reproduction
bisexual +
Fruit quantity
5 +
Fruits follicle architecture
sessile +  and aggregate +
Fruits follicle shape
curved-cylindric +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
John Myers +
Inflorescence position
axillary +  and terminal +
Inflorescence position or structure subtype
terminal +
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 />) +
Leaf-blade architecture
compound +
Leaf-blade architecture or shape
undivided +
Leaf-blade shape
round +  and pentagonal or reniform +
Leaf architecture
petiolate +
Leaf arrangement
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
Leaf position
cauline +
Leaf size
reduced +
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 +
Nectary presence
absent +
Number of lower taxa
1 +
Ovule quantity
8;20 +
Pedicel presence
absent +
Perianth position
hypogynous +
Petal blade coloration
darker colored +
Petal blade length
0 length of lateral sepals (1/5 length of lateral sepals) +
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 presence
absent +
Pistil architecture
simple +
Pistil atypical quantity
3 (5) +
Pistil quantity
3 +
Publication title
Bull. Herb. Boissier +
Publication year
1893 +
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 +
Root architecture or arrangement
fasciculate +
Root condition or texture
dry +
Root some measurement
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +
Root texture
fibrous +
Seed architecture
not arillate +  and stalked +
Seed coloration
dark-brown +  and black +
Seed pubescence or relief
rough +
Seed quantity
1;many +
Seed shape
rectangular +  and pyramidal +
Sepal architecture
petaloid +
Sepal architecture or shape
spurred +
Sepal arrangement
imbricate +
Sepal atypical quantity
6 (20) +
Sepal coloration
white;purple;white;purple;blue +
Sepal duration
not persistent +
Sepal fusion
distinct +
Sepal quantity
3 +  and 6 +
Side architecture
not +  and veined +
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Stamen fusion
distinct +
Stamen quantity
25;40 +
Staminode presence
absent +
Stem architecture
unarmed +
Stem quantity
2 +  and 8 +
Stipule presence
absent +
Style duration
persistent +
Style presence
absent +
Taxon family
Ranunculaceae +
Taxon name
Delphinium sect. Elatopsis +
Taxon parent
Delphinium +
Taxon rank
section +
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 +
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 +