Delphinium glaucescens

Rydberg

Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 155. 1900.

Common names: Glaucous larkspur
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
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Stems 35-70 (-100) cm; base ± reddish, glabrous, glaucous. Leaves cauline, 6-22, absent from proximal 1/5 of stem at anthesis; petiole 1-10 cm. Leaf-blade pentagonal to round, 2-9 × 3-14 cm, margins seldom laciniate, nearly glabrous; ultimate lobes 5-17, width 2-8 mm, tips abruptly tapered to mucronate apex; midcauline leaf lobes more than 3 times longer than wide. Inflorescences 10-25-flowered; pedicel 0.5-1.5 cm, puberulent to glabrous; bracteoles 2-20 mm from flowers, green, linear, 3-8 mm, nearly glabrous. Flowers: sepals dark blue, nearly glabrous, lateral sepals spreading to reflexed, 8-12 × 3-4 mm, spurs straight, ascending 40-90°, 9-13 mm; lower petal blades ± covering stamens, 3-5 mm, clefts 1-2 mm; hairs centered, mostly near base of cleft, white. Fruits 7-13 mm, 3.4-4 times longer than wide, puberulent. Seeds ± wing-margined; seed-coat cells narrow but short, surfaces smooth.


Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Rocky slopes in subalpine coniferous woods
Elevation: 2000-4000 m

Discussion

Hybrids with Delphinium glaucum are known.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Delphinium glaucescens"
Michael J. Warnock +
Rydberg +
usually larger +
glaucous +  and glabrous +
not narrowed +
expanded +
straight +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
subopposite-subalternate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 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 />) +
Glaucous larkspur +
Idaho +, Mont. +  and Wyo. +
2000-4000 m +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
showy +  and inconspicuous +
cylindric +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
sessile +  and aggregate +
curved-cylindric +
Rocky slopes in subalpine coniferous woods +
axillary +  and terminal +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
spreading +  and reflexed +
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 /> (9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br />) +
pentagonal +  and round +
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 +
laciniate +
reduced +
puberulent +  and glabrous +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
distinct +
conspicuous +
spurred +, funnel--shaped +, cup-shaped +  and plane +
reduced +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
Flowering summer. +
Mem. New York Bot. Gard. +
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 />) +
not persistent +
distinct +
3 +  and 6 +
not +  and veined +
straight +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
70 cm700 mm <br />0.7 m <br /> (100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br />) +
3 +  and 8 +
35 cm350 mm <br />0.35 m <br /> (70 cm700 mm <br />0.7 m <br />) +
persistent +
Delphinium glaucescens +
Delphinium subsect. Exaltata +
species +
abruptly tapered +  and mucronate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (2.4 cm24 mm <br />0.024 m <br />) +
herbaceous +  and woody +