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Stems (20-) 40-90 (-150) cm; base reddish or not, ± pubescent. Leaves basal and cauline; basal leaves 0-10 at anthesis; cauline leaves 4-12 at anthesis; petiole 0.1-14 cm. Leaf-blade round to pentagonal, 1-8 × 2-12 cm, pubescence variable; ultimate lobes 3-29, width 2-10 mm (basal), 1-7 mm (cauline). Inflorescences (3-) 8-27 (-94) -flowered; pedicel (0.4-) 0.7-1.8 (-5.7) cm, nearly glabrous to glandular; bracteoles 1-3.5 (-6) mm from flowers, green or blue, linear, 2-7 mm, pubescence nearly glabrous to glandular. Flowers: sepals purple to blue to white, nearly glabrous, lateral sepals spreading, (7-) 9-14 (-17) × (3-) 3.5-6 (-8) mm, spurs ± upcurved, ascending 20-90° above vertical, (9-) 11-17 (-19) mm; lower petal blades ± covering stamens, 5-7 mm, cleft 2-4 mm; hairs centered, densest near base of cleft, white, sometimes blue or yellow. Fruits (10-) 12.5-18.5 (-27) mm, 4-4.5 times longer than wide, glabrous to puberulent. Seeds: seed-coat cells with surfaces pustulate or smooth.

Distribution

Man., Ala., Ark., Colo., Fla., Ga., Ill., Iowa, Kans., Ky., La., Minn., Miss., Mo., N.C., N.Dak., Nebr., Okla., S.C., S.Dak., Tenn., Tex., Wis., Mexico

Discussion

Subspecies 4 (4 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Basal leaves absent at anthesis, cauline leaves divided into many narrow (less than 2 mm wide) segments, blade not distinctly 3-parted; distalmost petiole less than 5 mm; sepals usually blue or purple (rarely white). Delphinium carolinianum subsp. carolinianum
1 Basal leaves usually present at anthesis, and/or cauline leaf lobes usually wider than 2 mm, blade often distinctly 3-parted or more; distalmost petiole more than 5 mm; sepals blue or white. > 2
2 Leaf blade distinctly 3-parted with few additional divisions; sepals blue to white; roots usually ± vertical, often without major branches. Delphinium carolinianum subsp. vimineum
2 Leaf blade with 3–5 or more major divisions, each further divided into segments; sepals white to very pale blue; roots ±horizontal with several major branches. > 3
3 Stems usually less than 45 cm; in thin soils over limestone in clearings of deciduous woods; leaf blade with 3 major divisions; e of Mississippi River. Delphinium carolinianum subsp. calciphilum
3 Stems usually more than 45 cm; in deeper soils in grasslands; leaf blade with 5 or more major divisions; w of Mississippi River. Delphinium carolinianum subsp. virescens
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Michael J. Warnock +
Walter +
usually larger +
not +  and reddish +
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 +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
blue +  and green +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
nearly glabrous +  and glandular +
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 +
Man. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Colo. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Ky. +, La. +, Minn. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, N.C. +, N.Dak. +, Nebr. +, Okla. +, S.C. +, S.Dak. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Wis. +  and Mexico +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
showy +  and inconspicuous +
1.85 cm18.5 mm <br />0.0185 m <br /> (2.7 cm27 mm <br />0.027 m <br />) +
glabrous +  and puberulent +
1.25 cm12.5 mm <br />0.0125 m <br /> (1.85 cm18.5 mm <br />0.0185 m <br />) +
sessile +  and aggregate +
curved-cylindric +
yellow;blue;white +
(3-)8-27(-94)-flowered +
axillary +  and terminal +
1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br />) +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
less ovate +  and elliptic +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
2cm +  and 12cm +
round +  and pentagonal +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
cauline +  and basal +
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 +
1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br /> (5.7 cm57 mm <br />0.057 m <br />) +
appressed-ascending +
nearly glabrous +  and glandular +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
distinct +
conspicuous +
spurred +, funnel--shaped +, cup-shaped +  and plane +
reduced +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (14 cm140 mm <br />0.14 m <br />) +
Fl. Carol., +
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 />) +
purple;blue +
not persistent +
distinct +
3 +  and 6 +
not +  and veined +
Illustrated +
ascending +  and upcurved +
90 cm900 mm <br />0.9 m <br /> (150 cm1,500 mm <br />1.5 m <br />) +
40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br /> (90 cm900 mm <br />0.9 m <br />) +
persistent +
smooth;pustulate +
Delphinium carolinianum +
Delphinium subsect. Virescens +
species +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 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 +