Delphinium novomexicanum Wooton

White mountain larkspur (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Delphinium

Characteristics

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. 2 n = 16.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.9 - 1.8
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Flower color
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 14 - 28
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 12
Germination luminosity dark
Germination treatment stratification
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77432-2
WFO ID wfo-0000640448
COL ID 34JH2
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Delphinium novomexicanum Delphinium sierrae-blancae