Delphinium novomexicanum

Wooton

Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 37: 37. 1910.

Common names: New Mexico larkspur White Mountain larkspur
Endemic
Synonyms: Delphinium sierrae-blancae Wooton
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Stems 90-180 (-250) cm; base usually green, glabrous. Leaves cauline, 12-20, absent from proximal 1/5 of stem at anthesis; petiole 3-13 cm. Leaf-blade round to pentagonal, 5-10 × 8-18 cm, nearly glabrous; ultimate lobes 5-21, width 4-15 mm. Inflorescences (20-) 30-70 (-140) -flowered; pedicel 0.5-1.5 cm, puberulent; bracteoles 1-3 mm from flowers, green, linear, 5-8 mm, puberulent. Flowers: sepals (in bud) purple to lavender, fading brownish, puberulent, lateral sepals ± forward pointing, 7-11 × 4-5 mm, spurs straight to gently decurved, ascending 30-45° above horizontal, 7-11 mm; lower petal blades ± covering stamens, 3.5-6 mm, clefts 1-2 mm; hairs mostly centered between base of cleft and junction of blade and claw, white or yellow. Fruits 12-16 mm, 3-4 times longer than wide, puberulent. Seeds wing-margined; seed-coat cells elongate, surfaces ± roughened. 2n = 16.


Phenology: Flowering summer to early autumn.
Habitat: Meadows in coniferous forest
Elevation: 2200-3900 m

Discussion

Delphinium novomexicanum represents the southern Cordilleran complex in the Sacramento and White mountains.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Delphinium novomexicanum"
Michael J. Warnock +
Wooton +
usually larger +
not narrowed +
expanded +
straight +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
subopposite-subalternate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (?) +
globose;cylindric +
elongate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
New Mexico larkspur +  and White Mountain larkspur +
2200-3900 m +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
showy +  and inconspicuous +
cylindric +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br />) +
sessile +  and aggregate +
curved-cylindric +
Meadows in coniferous forest +
yellow;white +
(20-)30-70(-140)-flowered +
axillary +  and terminal +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
less ovate +  and elliptic +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
round +  and pentagonal +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
smaller +, slightly below middle slightly below middle internodes +  and 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 />) +
palmate +  and pinnate +
incised;toothed;incised;toothed;entire +
reduced +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
distinct +
conspicuous +
spurred +, funnel--shaped +, cup-shaped +  and plane +
reduced +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (13 cm130 mm <br />0.13 m <br />) +
Flowering summer to early autumn. +
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club +
2-100-flowered +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
twisted +  and 4-15-branched +
tuberlike +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br />) +
wing-margined +
dark-brown +  and black +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
not ringed +
rectangular +  and crescent-shaped +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
fading brownish;purple;lavender +
not persistent +
distinct +
3 +  and 6 +
not +  and veined +
straight +
ascending +  and decurved +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
180 cm1,800 mm <br />1.8 m <br /> (250 cm2,500 mm <br />2.5 m <br />) +
3 +  and 8 +
90 cm900 mm <br />0.9 m <br /> (180 cm1,800 mm <br />1.8 m <br />) +
persistent +
Delphinium sierrae-blancae +
Delphinium novomexicanum +
Delphinium subsect. Exaltata +
species +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (2.4 cm24 mm <br />0.024 m <br />) +
herbaceous +  and woody +