View source for Delphinium carolinianum

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|accepted_name=Delphinium carolinianum
|accepted_authority=Walter
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Carol.,
|place=155. 1788
|year=1788
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Ranunculaceae;Delphinium;Delphinium sect. Diedropetala;Delphinium subsect. Virescens;Delphinium carolinianum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ranunculaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Delphinium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Delphinium sect. Diedropetala]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subsection</small>[[Delphinium subsect. Virescens]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Delphinium carolinianum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>(20-)40-90(-150) cm; base reddish or not, ± pubescent. <b>Leaves</b> basal and cauline; basal leaves 0-10 at anthesis; cauline leaves 4-12 at anthesis; petiole 0.1-14 cm. <b>Leaf</b> blade round to pentagonal, 1-8 × 2-12 cm, pubescence variable; ultimate lobes 3-29, width 2-10 mm (basal), 1-7 mm (cauline). <b>Inflorescences</b> (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. <b>Flowers</b>: 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. <b>Fruits</b> (10-)12.5-18.5(-27) mm, 4-4.5 times longer than wide, glabrous to puberulent. <b>Seeds</b>: seed coat cells with surfaces pustulate or smooth.</span><!--

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|distribution=c;se North America;Mexico.
|discussion=<p>Subspecies 4 (4 in the flora).</p>
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|references=
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|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|Delphinium carolinianum subsp. carolinianum]]
|-id=key-0-1
|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.
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|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|Delphinium carolinianum subsp. vimineum]]
|-id=key-0-2
|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.
|[[#key-0-3| > 3]]
|-id=key-0-3
|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|Delphinium carolinianum subsp. calciphilum]]
|-id=key-0-3
|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|Delphinium carolinianum subsp. virescens]]
|}
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name=Delphinium carolinianum
|author=
|authority=Walter
|rank=species
|parent rank=subsection
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Ranunculaceae
|distribution=c;se North America;Mexico.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Carol.,
|publication year=1788
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_556.xml
|genus=Delphinium
|section=Delphinium sect. Diedropetala
|subsection=Delphinium subsect. Virescens
|species=Delphinium carolinianum
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