Delphinium californicum Torr. & A.Gray

California larkspur (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Delphinium

Characteristics

Stems (60-)100-160(-230) cm; base reddish, puberulent-glabrous. Leaves cauline, 6-20, absent from proximal 1/5 of stem at anthesis; petiole 0.5-7 cm. Leaf blade pentagonal to round, 3-9 × 3-12 cm, puberulent; ultimate lobes 3-15, width 5-60 mm; midcauline leaf lobes less than 3 times longer than wide. Inflorescences (16-)40-90(-162)-flowered; pedicel 0.5-2.5(-6.5) cm, puberulent; bracteoles 2-5 mm from flowers, reddish, linear, (3-)7-12(-15) mm, puberulent. Flowers: sepals lavender to greenish white, abaxially puberulent, lateral sepals forward pointing to form a pseudotube, 6-11 × 5-7 mm, spurs straight, slightly ascending, apically downcurved, 7-11(-14) mm; lower petal blades elevated, ± exposing stamens, 3-5 mm, clefts 1.5-2.5 mm; hairs covering adaxial surface, white or light yellow. Fruits 11-16 mm, 2.5-3.5 times longer than wide, glabrous to sparsely puberulent. Seeds unwinged; seed coat cells elongate, surfaces ± roughened.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 1.6
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
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Usage

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 14 - 28
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 12
Germination luminosity dark
Germination treatment stratification
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Images

Delphinium californicum unspecified picture

Distribution

Delphinium californicum world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:710462-1
WFO ID wfo-0000639828
COL ID 34J4Y
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Delphinium californicum Delphinium exaltatum Delphinium californicum var. laxiusculum Delphinium californicum var. scapigerum Delphinium exaltatum var. californicum Delphinium californicum f. longipilis Delphinium californicum subsp. californicum

Lower taxons

Delphinium californicum subsp. interius