Delphenium Genus - The Larkspurs
Ranunculaceae -The Buttercup Family
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barbeyi Tall Larkspur
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Delphenium barbeyi (Little Dolphin), Tall Larkspur, growing in in moist, shaded, subalpine forest of Engelmann Spruce at an elevation of 10,400 feet in Cedar Breaks National Monument, Utah. |
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Delphenium |
carolinacum Plains Larkspur
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Delphenium carolinacum, Plains Larkspur, growing in grasslands near Wray, Colorado, elevation 3,700 feet, June 9, 2007. | |||||
Delphenium |
nuttallianum Nuttall's Delphenium
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Delphenium (little dolphin) nuttallianum, Nuttall's Larkspur, growing in a moist mixed conifer forest in Sugarite State Park, New Mexico, elevation 8,100 feet, August 18, 2006. Substrate is slimy mud, Morrison Formation. Height 76 cm., erect and columnar, flowers 25 mm long, 17 mm wide, leaves much divided, alternate, length 45 mm, width 45 mm., petiole length 17 mm. | |||||
Delphenium | sapollenis Dots Ugly Larkspur |
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Delphenium sapollenis, Dot's Ugly Larkspur, growing in Ponderosa or Mixed Confier Forest on Capitan Mountain, 9,300 Feet, September 2, 2002. Associated species include Verbena macdougalii, spike verbena, and cirsium pallidum, yellow thistle. | |||||
Delphenium | parishii Desert Larkspur |
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Delphenium parishii, Desert Larkspur, growing at 2,400 foot elevation in Mesas just east of Sheep Bridge Arizona. Sheep Bridge crosses the Verde River about 30 miles north of Pheonix, Arizona. | |||||
Delphenium | wootonii Organ Mountains Delphenium |
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Delphenium wootonii, Organ Mountains Delphenium, growing in meadows in mixed conifer forests on Capitan Mountain, New Mexico, elevation 6,320 feet, May 20, 2004. |