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|accepted_name=Delphinium viridescens
|accepted_authority=Leiberg
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash.
|place=11: 39. 1897
|year=1897
}}
|common_names=Wenatchee larkspur
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=C
|label=Conservation concern
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|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Ranunculaceae;Delphinium;Delphinium sect. Diedropetala;Delphinium subsect. Multiplex;Delphinium viridescens
|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. Multiplex]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Delphinium viridescens]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="stem some measurement"><b>Stems </b>90-150 cm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="base coloration;base pubescence">base usually green, glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf position;leaf quantity"><b>Leaves </b>cauline, 17-30 at anthesis;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="petiole some measurement">petiole 0.2-8 cm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade length;leaf-blade width;leaf-blade pubescence"><b>Leaf-</b>blade cuneate to semicircular, 2-5 × 3-12 cm, nearly glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="ultimate lobe quantity;ultimate lobe width">ultimate lobes 3-21, width 1-8 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;inflorescence density"><b>Inflorescences </b>25-80-flowered, dense;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="pedicel some measurement;pedicel pubescence">pedicel 0.5-2 cm, glandular-pubescent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="bracteole location;bracteole coloration;bracteole shape;bracteole some measurement;bracteole pubescence">bracteoles 1-4 mm from flowers, green, lanceolate, 3.5-6 mm, glandular-pubescent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="sepal coloration;sepal pubescence;lateral sepal orientation;lateral sepal length;lateral sepal width;spur orientation;spur degree;spur shape;spur some measurement"><b>Flowers:</b> sepals yellowish green, nearly glabrous, lateral sepals forward pointing, 7-9 × 3-4 mm, spurs decurved, 30-45° below horizontal, often hooked apically, 8-11 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="petal blade some measurement;cleft some measurement">lower petal blades ± covering stamens, 4-6 mm, clefts 0.5-1.5 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="hair position;hair coloration">hairs centered, mostly near junction of blade and claw, yellow.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="fruit some measurement;fruit l w ratio;fruit pubescence"><b>Fruits </b>8-11 mm, 2.5-3 times longer than wide, puberulent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="seed architecture"><b>Seeds </b>± wing-margined;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="surface relief or texture">seed-coat cells with surfaces ± roughened.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Wet meadows and streamsides in coniferous forest, heavy clay soils
|elevation=500-1000 m
|distribution=Wash.
|discussion=<p>Of conservation concern.</p><!--
--><p>Delphinium viridescens is local in mountains southwest of Wenatchee, Washington.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Delphinium viridescens
|author=
|authority=Leiberg
|rank=species
|parent rank=subsection
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Ranunculaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Wet meadows and streamsides in coniferous forest, heavy clay soils
|elevation=500-1000 m
|distribution=Wash.
|reference=None
|publication title=Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash.
|publication year=1897
|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_82.xml
|genus=Delphinium
|section=Delphinium sect. Diedropetala
|subsection=Delphinium subsect. Multiplex
|species=Delphinium viridescens
|base coloration=green
|base pubescence=glabrous
|bracteole coloration=green
|bracteole location=1mm;4mm
|bracteole pubescence=glandular-pubescent
|bracteole shape=lanceolate
|bracteole some measurement=3.5mm;6mm
|cleft some measurement=0.5mm;1.5mm
|fruit l w ratio=2.5-3
|fruit pubescence=puberulent
|fruit some measurement=8mm;11mm
|hair coloration=yellow
|hair position=centered
|inflorescence architecture=25-80-flowered
|inflorescence density=dense
|lateral sepal length=7mm;9mm
|lateral sepal orientation=pointing
|lateral sepal width=3mm;4mm
|leaf position=cauline
|leaf quantity=17;30
|leaf-blade length=2cm;5cm
|leaf-blade pubescence=glabrous
|leaf-blade shape=cuneate;semicircular
|leaf-blade width=3cm;12cm
|pedicel pubescence=glandular-pubescent
|pedicel some measurement=0.5cm;2cm
|petal blade some measurement=4mm;6mm
|petiole some measurement=0.2cm;8cm
|seed architecture=wing-margined
|sepal coloration=yellowish green
|sepal pubescence=glabrous
|spur degree=30-45°
|spur orientation=decurved
|spur shape=hooked
|spur some measurement=8mm;11mm
|stem some measurement=90cm;150cm
|surface relief or texture=roughened
|ultimate lobe quantity=3;21
|ultimate lobe width=1mm;8mm
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