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|accepted_name=Delphinium xantholeucum
|accepted_authority=Piper
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.
|place=11: 280. 1906
|year=1906
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|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=C
|label=Conservation concern
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Ranunculaceae;Delphinium;Delphinium sect. Diedropetala;Delphinium subsect. Subscaposa;Delphinium xantholeucum
|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. Subscaposa]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Delphinium xantholeucum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="stem atypical some measurement;stem some measurement"><b>Stems </b>40-60 (-100) cm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="base coloration;base pubescence;base pubescence">base often reddish, glabrous, ± glaucous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf position;leaf position"><b>Leaves </b>basal and cauline;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="basal leaf presence">basal leaves usually absent at anthesis;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="cauline leaf quantity">cauline leaves 4-6 at anthesis;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="petiole some measurement">petiole 0.8-16 cm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade length;leaf-blade width;leaf-blade pubescence"><b>Leaf-</b>blade round, 2-6 × 4-10 cm, nearly glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="ultimate lobe quantity;ultimate lobe width;ultimate lobe some measurement">ultimate lobes 3-15, width 3-8 mm (basal), 1-5 mm (cauline).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;inflorescence shape"><b>Inflorescences </b>10-20 (-60) -flowered, narrowly pyramidal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="pedicel orientation;pedicel coloration;pedicel some measurement;pedicel pubescence">pedicel spreading, yellowish, 1.5-3 cm, ± glandular-puberulent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="bracteole location;bracteole coloration;bracteole coloration;bracteole coloration;bracteole shape;bracteole shape;bracteole shape;bracteole some measurement;bracteole pubescence">bracteoles 6-12 mm from flowers, green to light-brown, linear to lanceolate, 4-7 mm, nearly glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="sepal coloration;sepal pubescence;lateral sepal orientation;lateral sepal length;lateral sepal width;spur course;spur orientation;spur some measurement"><b>Flowers:</b> sepals yellow, glabrous, lateral sepals reflexed, 9-12 × 3-5 mm, spurs straight, ascending ca. 45° above horizontal, 11-15 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="petal blade prominence;petal blade some measurement;cleft some measurement">lower petal blades elevated, exposing stamens, 3-5 mm, clefts 1-2 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="hair position;hair coloration">hairs centered mostly on inner lobes near base of cleft, white.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="fruit some measurement;fruit l w ratio;fruit pubescence;fruit pubescence;fruit pubescence"><b>Fruits </b>15-22 mm, 3-4 times longer than wide, glabrous to glandular-puberulent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="seed-coat cell size or width;seed-coat cell height or length or size;cell margin course"><b>Seeds:</b> seed-coat cells narrow, short, cell margins straight, surfaces smooth.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="surface architecture or pubescence or relief;2n chromosome quantity">2n = 16.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Slopes in open yellow pine forests, grasslands, sage scrub
|elevation=150-600 m
|distribution=Wash.
|discussion=<p>Of conservation concern.</p><!--
--><p>Delphinium xantholeucum is very local; much of the habitat of this species has been converted to orchards.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Delphinium xantholeucum
|author=
|authority=Piper
|rank=species
|parent rank=subsection
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Ranunculaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Slopes in open yellow pine forests, grasslands, sage scrub
|elevation=150-600 m
|distribution=Wash.
|reference=None
|publication title=Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.
|publication year=1906
|special status=Conservation concern;Endemic;Selected by author to be illustrated
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/287ef3db526bd807d435a3c7423ef2df1e951227/V3/V3_1098.xml
|genus=Delphinium
|section=Delphinium sect. Diedropetala
|subsection=Delphinium subsect. Subscaposa
|species=Delphinium xantholeucum
|2n chromosome quantity=16
|basal leaf presence=absent
|base coloration=reddish
|base pubescence=glaucous;glabrous
|bracteole coloration=green;light-brown
|bracteole location=6mm;12mm
|bracteole pubescence=glabrous
|bracteole shape=linear;lanceolate
|bracteole some measurement=4mm;7mm
|cauline leaf quantity=4;6
|cell margin course=straight
|cleft some measurement=1mm;2mm
|fruit l w ratio=3-4
|fruit pubescence=glabrous;glandular-puberulent
|fruit some measurement=15mm;22mm
|hair coloration=white
|hair position=centered
|inflorescence architecture=10-20(-60)-flowered
|inflorescence shape=pyramidal
|lateral sepal length=9mm;12mm
|lateral sepal orientation=reflexed
|lateral sepal width=3mm;5mm
|leaf position=cauline;basal
|leaf-blade length=2cm;6cm
|leaf-blade pubescence=glabrous
|leaf-blade shape=round
|leaf-blade width=4cm;10cm
|pedicel coloration=yellowish
|pedicel orientation=spreading
|pedicel pubescence=glandular-puberulent
|pedicel some measurement=1.5cm;3cm
|petal blade prominence=elevated
|petal blade some measurement=3mm;5mm
|petiole some measurement=0.8cm;16cm
|seed-coat cell height or length or size=short
|seed-coat cell size or width=narrow
|sepal coloration=yellow
|sepal pubescence=glabrous
|spur course=straight
|spur orientation=ascending
|spur some measurement=11mm;15mm
|stem atypical some measurement=60cm;100cm
|stem some measurement=40cm;60cm
|surface architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth
|ultimate lobe quantity=3;15
|ultimate lobe some measurement=1mm;5mm
|ultimate lobe width=3mm;8mm
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