familyRanunculaceae
genusDelphinium
sectionDelphinium sect. Diedropetala
subsectionDelphinium subsect. Virescens
speciesDelphinium wootonii

Delphinium wootonii

Rydberg

Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 26: 587. 1900.

Michael J. Warnock
Common names: Wooton's larkspur
Illustrated
Synonyms: Delphinium virescens subsp. wootonii (Rydberg) Ewan
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
Please click on the illustration for a higher resolution version.
Illustrator: John Myers

Copyright: Flora of North America Association

Stems (15-) 30-50 (-60) cm; base sometimes reddish, pubescent. Leaves mostly on proximal 1/4 of stem at anthesis; basal leaves 0-10 at anthesis; cauline leaves 3-10 at anthesis; petiole 0.5-8 (-14) cm. Leaf-blade reniform to fan-shaped, 1.5-3 × 2.5-4 cm, puberulent; ultimate lobes 5-24, width 2-6 mm (basal), 1-3 mm (cauline). Inflorescences 15-30 (-49) -flowered; pedicel 1-2 (-3.6) cm, puberulent; bracteoles 1-5 mm from flowers, green, linear, 1-4 (-12) mm, puberulent. Flowers: sepals white to lavender, nearly glabrous, lateral sepals usually reflexed, (6-) 8-13 × 3-7 mm, spur straight, ascending 30-80° above horizontal, (8-) 13-20 (-25) mm; lower petal blades ± elevated, 6-9 mm, cleft 2.5-4.5 mm; hairs centered, densest near base of cleft, white. Fruits (10-) 11-20 (-24) mm, 3-3.5 times longer than wide, glabrous. Seeds: seed-coat cells with surfaces pustulate. 2n = 16.


Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Oak woods, grasslands, desert scrub
Elevation: 700-1800 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Colo., N.Mex., Tex., Mexico (Sonora), Mexico (Chihuahua), Mexico (and Coahuila)

Discussion

Delphinium wootonii hybridizes with D. madrense in the eastern Big Bend area of Texas, and with D. carolinianum subsp. virescens.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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2n chromosome quantity
16 +
Anther dehiscence
dehiscing +
Author
Michael J. Warnock +
Authority
Rydberg +
Basal leaf quantity
0;10 +
Basal leaf shape
rounded +
Basal leaf size
usually larger +
Basal petiole orientation
spreading +
Base coloration
reddish +
Base fixation
attached +
Base pubescence
pubescent +
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 />) +
Bract quantity
fewer +
Bract shape
lobed +
Bract size
smaller +
Bracteole architecture
sepaloid +
Bracteole arrangement
subopposite-subalternate +
Bracteole arrangement or course or shape
linear +
Bracteole atypical some measurement
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
Bracteole coloration
green +
Bracteole location
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Bracteole presence
absent +
Bracteole pubescence
puberulent +
Bracteole some measurement
1mm;4mm +
Bud size
minute +
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 +
Cauline leaf quantity
3 (10) +
Cauline petiole orientation
ascending +
Cell architecture
multicellular +
Cell course
straight +
Cell dehiscence or orientation
transverse +
Cell prominence
prominent +
Cell shape
brick--shaped +  and wavy +
Common name
Wooton's larkspur +
Distribution
Ariz. +, Colo. +, N.Mex. +, Tex. +, Mexico (Sonora) +, Mexico (Chihuahua) +  and Mexico (and Coahuila) +
Elevation
700-1800 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 prominence
showy +  and inconspicuous +
Flower quantity
3;8 +
Flower reproduction
bisexual +
Fruit atypical some measurement
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (2.4 cm24 mm <br />0.024 m <br />) +
Fruit l w ratio
3-3.5 +
Fruit orientation
erect +
Fruit pubescence
glabrous +
Fruit quantity
5 +
Fruit some measurement
1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Fruits follicle architecture
sessile +  and aggregate +
Fruits follicle shape
curved-cylindric +
Habitat
Oak woods, grasslands, desert scrub +
Hair coloration
white +
Hair density
densest +
Hair position
centered +
Illustration
Present +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
John Myers +
Inflorescence architecture
15-30(-49)-flowered +
Inflorescence density
dense +
Inflorescence position
axillary +  and terminal +
Inflorescence position or structure subtype
terminal +
Inflorescence shape
cylindric +
Lateral sepal atypical length
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Lateral sepal length
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
Lateral sepal orientation
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;7mm +
Leaf-blade architecture
compound +
Leaf-blade architecture or shape
undivided +
Leaf-blade length
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
Leaf-blade pubescence
puberulent +
Leaf-blade shape
reniform +  and fan-shaped +
Leaf-blade width
2.5cm;4cm +
Leaf architecture
petiolate +
Leaf arrangement
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
Leaf position
cauline +  and basal +
Leaf size
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
multicellular +
Margin architecture or shape
entire +
Margin course
straight +
Margin dehiscence or orientation
transverse +
Margin prominence
prominent +
Margin shape
brick--shaped;wavy +
Nectary presence
absent +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Other size
smaller +
Ovule quantity
8;20 +
Pedicel atypical some measurement
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3.6 cm36 mm <br />0.036 m <br />) +
Pedicel orientation
appressed-ascending +
Pedicel presence
absent +
Pedicel pubescence
puberulent +
Pedicel some measurement
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Perianth position
hypogynous +
Petal blade architecture or shape
cleft +
Petal blade prominence
elevated +
Petal blade some measurement
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 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 atypical some measurement
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (14 cm140 mm <br />0.14 m <br />) +
Petiole height or length or size
shorter +
Petiole presence
absent +
Petiole some measurement
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
Phenology
Flowering spring. +
Pistil architecture
simple +
Pistil atypical quantity
3 (5) +
Pistil quantity
3 +
Publication title
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club +
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
multicellular +
Ridge course
straight +
Ridge dehiscence or orientation
transverse +
Ridge prominence
prominent +
Ridge shape
brick--shaped +  and wavy +
Root architecture
2-8-branched +
Root architecture or arrangement
fascicled +
Root atypical some measurement
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
Root shape
fusiform +
Root some measurement
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
Root texture
fleshy +
Seed architecture
not wing-margined +
Seed coloration
dark-brown +  and black +
Seed length
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
Seed pubescence or relief
rough +
Seed quantity
1;many +
Seed relief
not ringed +
Seed shape
crescent-shaped +  and obpyramidal +
Seed width
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br />) +
Sepal architecture
petaloid +
Sepal architecture or shape
spurred +
Sepal arrangement
imbricate +
Sepal atypical quantity
6 (20) +
Sepal coloration
white;lavender +
Sepal duration
not persistent +
Sepal fusion
distinct +
Sepal pubescence
glabrous +
Sepal quantity
3 +  and 6 +
Side architecture
not +  and veined +
Source xml
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Special status
Illustrated +
Spur atypical some measurement
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
Spur course
straight +
Spur orientation
ascending +
Spur some measurement
1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Stamen fusion
distinct +
Stamen quantity
25;40 +
Staminode presence
absent +
Stem architecture
unbranched +
Stem atypical quantity
1 (2) +
Stem atypical some measurement
50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +
Stem quantity
1 +
Stem some measurement
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
Stipule presence
absent +
Style duration
persistent +
Style presence
absent +
Surface relief
pustulate +
Synonyms
Delphinium virescens subsp. wootonii +
Taxon family
Ranunculaceae +
Taxon name
Delphinium wootonii +
Taxon parent
Delphinium subsect. Virescens +
Taxon rank
species +
Ultimate lobe quantity
5 (24) +
Ultimate lobe some measurement
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Ultimate lobe width
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 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
4 (16) +
Whole organism architecture
rhizomatous +
Whole organism duration
perennial +
Whole organism growth form
herb +
Whole organism position
low +
Whole organism texture
herbaceous +  and woody +
Wider lobe quantity
fewer +
X chromosome quantity
8 +