Difference between revisions of "Delphinium elatum"
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|discussion=<p><i>Delphinium elatum</i> is cultivated as a garden plant or for cut flowers. It is not known to be naturalized extensively in North America; it may persist long after cultivation in cooler parts of the region.</p> | |discussion=<p><i>Delphinium elatum</i> is cultivated as a garden plant or for cut flowers. It is not known to be naturalized extensively in North America; it may persist long after cultivation in cooler parts of the region.</p> | ||
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|genus=Delphinium | |genus=Delphinium | ||
|section=Delphinium sect. Elatopsis | |section=Delphinium sect. Elatopsis | ||
Latest revision as of 21:48, 5 November 2020
Stems 40-200 cm; base green, pubescent or glabrous. Leaves cauline, 7-26 at anthesis; petiole 1-18 cm. Leaf blade round to pentagonal, 3-15 × 6-22 cm, ± puberulent; ultimate lobes 3-9, width 8-30 mm. Inflorescences 25-100(-more)-flowered; pedicel 1-3(-5) cm, glabrous to pubescent; bracteoles 2-5(-9) mm from flowers, green, linear, 5-9 mm, ± puberulent. Flowers: sepals blue, white, or purple, ± puberulent, lateral sepals spreading, 12-23 × 4-12 mm, spurs straight, ascending ca. 45° above horizontal, 15-22 mm; lower petal blades elevated, exposing stamens, 3-5 mm, clefts 0.2-1 mm; hairs sparse or dense, mostly near center of blade, yellow or white. Fruits 13-20 mm, 3.5-4.5 times longer than wide, ± puberulent. Seeds winged; seed coats ± with small wavy ridges, cells elongate, surface roughened.
Phenology: Flowering summer, more than 8 weeks after snowmelt.
Habitat: Old homesites
Elevation: 50-3000 m
Distribution
Introduced; B.C., Man., Sask., and probably elsewhere, native to Europe and w Asia.
Discussion
Delphinium elatum is cultivated as a garden plant or for cut flowers. It is not known to be naturalized extensively in North America; it may persist long after cultivation in cooler parts of the region.
Selected References
None.