Delphinium madrense

S. Watson

Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 141. 1890.

Common names: Sierra Madre larkspur Edwards' Plateau larkspur
Illustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
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Stems 30-80 (-100) cm; base often reddish, puberulent. Leaves cauline and basal; basal leaves 0-8 at anthesis; cauline leaves 3-11 at anthesis; petiole 1-15 (-25) cm. Leaf-blade semicircular to cordate, 2-8 × 2-10 cm, nearly glabrous; ultimate lobes 3-12, width 3-10 mm (basal), 2-6 mm (cauline). Inflorescences 5-75 (-98) -flowered; pedicel 1-2.5 (-5) cm, puberulent; bracteoles 2-4 (-8) mm from flowers, green, lanceolate-linear, 3-5 mm, puberulent. Flowers: sepals dark blue to light blue, puberulent, lateral sepals spreading, 9-15 × 5-7 mm, spurs straight, ascending ca. 45 (-90) °, 10-15 (-19) mm; lower petal blades elevated, exposing stamens, 4-7 mm, clefts 2-4 mm; hairs centered, densest on inner lobes near base of cleft, white. Fruits 15-21 mm, 3.5-4.5 times longer than wide, nearly glabrous. Seeds: seed-coat cells with surfaces pustulate.


Phenology: Flowering spring–early summer.
Habitat: Calcareous slopes, oak woods or desert scrub
Elevation: 300-2100 m

Distribution

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Tex., Mexico (Coahuila), Mexico (Nuevo León), Mexico (and Tamaulipas)

Discussion

Delphinium madrense hybridizes with D. carolinianum subspp. vimineum and virescens.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Michael J. Warnock +
S. Watson +
usually larger +
puberulent +
not narrowed +
expanded +
straight +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
smaller +
subopposite-subalternate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
lanceolate-linear +
minute +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (?) +
globose;cylindric +
multicellular +
straight +
brick--shaped +  and wavy +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Sierra Madre larkspur +  and Edwards' Plateau larkspur +
Tex. +, Mexico (Coahuila) +, Mexico (Nuevo León) +  and Mexico (and Tamaulipas) +
300-2100 m +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
showy +  and inconspicuous +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.1 cm21 mm <br />0.021 m <br />) +
sessile +  and aggregate +
curved-cylindric +
Calcareous slopes, oak woods or desert scrub +
5-75(-98)-flowered +
axillary +  and terminal +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
less ovate +  and elliptic +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
semicircular +  and cordate +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
basal +  and cauline +
largest +
lacerate;crenate +
clawed +, 2-lobed +, ovate +  and plane +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
multicellular +
brick--shaped;wavy +
smaller +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
appressed-ascending +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
distinct +
conspicuous +
spurred +, funnel--shaped +, cup-shaped +  and plane +
reduced +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
Flowering spring–early summer. +
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
2-100-flowered +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
multicellular +
straight +
brick--shaped +  and wavy +
2-8-branched +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
fusiform +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
not wing-margined +
dark-brown +  and black +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
not ringed +
crescent-shaped +  and obpyramidal +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br />) +
dark blue;light blue +
not persistent +
distinct +
3 +  and 6 +
not +  and veined +
Illustrated +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (1.9 cm19 mm <br />0.019 m <br />) +
straight +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br /> (100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br />) +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br />) +
persistent +
pustulate +
Delphinium madrense +
Delphinium subsect. Virescens +
species +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (2.4 cm24 mm <br />0.024 m <br />) +
herbaceous +  and woody +