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20. Delphinium Andersonii A. Gray. Anderson's Larkspur. Fig. 1797. 



Delphinium decorum var. nevadense S. Wats. Bot. Calif. 1: 11, in part. 1876. 

 Delphinium Andersonii A. Gray, Bot. Gaz. 12: 53. 1887. 

 Delphinastrum Andersonii Nieuwl. Amer. Midi. Nat. 3: 172. 1914. 



Stems one to several, arising from a much fascicled usually elongated root, glaucous and 

 glabrous, 2.5-6 dm. high. Leaves 2.5-4 cm. broad, thickish and glabrous, 5-lobed, the divisions 

 narrow, 2-3-cleft, the lobes entire or with one or two teeth ; petioles rather stout ; raceme strict, 

 10-25 cm. long; pedicels ascending, glabrous, the lower 2-5 cm. long; bracts and bractlets 

 sparsely villous; sepals deep violet-purple, 10-15 mm. long, sparsely villous-pubescent, the spur 

 rather stout, slightly exceeding the sepals, recurved at tip; upper petals yellowish, tippedwith 

 violet, entire, lower petals purple ; follicles erect, 12 mm. long, glabrous ; seeds distinctly winged 

 on the margins. 



Dry hillsides and plains, Arid Transition Zones; southeastern Oregon to the eastern slopes of the Sierra 

 Nevada, California, east to western Utah. Type locality: mountains of western Nevada. May-July. 



21. Delphinium Parishii A. Gray. Parish's Larkspur. Fig. 1798. 



Delphinium Parishii A. Gray, Bot. Gaz. 12: S3. 1887. 

 Delphinium colestinum Rydb. Bull. Torrey Club 39: 320. 1912. 

 Delphinium amabile Tidestrom, Contr. U.S. Nat. Herb. 25: 207. 1925. 

 Delphinium Parishii var. pallidum Munz, Bull. S. Calif. Acad. 31: 61. 1932. 



Stems one or more, arising from a stout woody root, 3-6 dm. high, glaucous and glabrous 

 or minutely and sparsely pubescent. Leaves more or less pubescent or rarely glabrate, 3-4 cm. 

 broad, 3-5-parted, the divisions cuneate to narrowly cuneate, toothed or cleft into usually narrow 

 lobes; racemes strict but rather open; pedicels ascending, 1-2 cm. long; sepals light blue or 

 lavender, 6-10 mm. long, puberulent, the spur 10-12 mm. long, straight or slightly curved, 

 puberulent ; upper petals white or pale yellow, entire, lower petals blue ; follicles sparingly short- 

 pubescent, erect, 11-15 mm. long; seeds with a cellular coat, winged at the angles. 



Desert washes and rocky slopes, Sonoran Zones; southern Nevada and Inyo County, California, south 

 through the deserts to the western slopes of the San Jacinto Mountains, California, and east to southern Utah. 

 Type locality: West Canyon, Palm Springs, California. April-June. 



Delphinium subglobosum Wiggins, Contr. Dudley Herb. 1:99. pi. 7. 1929. (D. Parryi var. subglo- 

 bosum Munz.) Closely related to Delphinium Parishii A. Gray from which it differs chiefly in the deeper blue 

 flowers and shorter and broader follicles and pubescent leaves. Desert slopes of the Cuyamaca and Laguna 

 Mountains, San Diego County, California. 



22. Delphinium cuyamacae Abrams. Cuyamaca Larkspur. Fig. 1799. 



Delphinium cuyamacae Abrams, Bull. Torrey Club 32: 538. 1905. 

 Delphinium hesperium var. cuyamacae Jepson, Fl. Calif. 524. 1914. 



Root stout, fasciculately branched, the branches not at all fusiform; stem erect, usually 

 simple, rather stout and somewhat fistulous, 4-6 dm. high, cinereous-puberulent. Petioles of 

 basal leaves stout, 6-9 cm. long, puberulent, the blades 2.5-3 cm. broad, dissected into broadly 

 linear lobes, densely puberulent beneath; stem-leaves on closely erect petioles, similar to but 

 smaller than the basal ; raceme simple, narrow, densely flowered above ; sepals purple, the spur 

 straight, 3-4 mm. longer than the blades ; follicles glabrous or essentially so ; seeds irregularly 

 angled and winged on the angles. 



Open grassy slopes and meadows, Arid Transition Zone; Palomar and Cuyamaca Mountains, southern 

 California. Type locality: Cuyamaca Lake, San Diego County, California. June-July. 



23. Delphinium hesperium A. Gray. Western Larkspur. Fig. 1800. 



Delphinium hesperium A. Gray, Bot. Gaz. 12: 53. 1887. 



Stems arising from thick fleshy fibrous roots, erect, simple, 3-6 dm. high, puberulent or 

 short-pubescent with recurved hairs. Leaves 2.5-3.5 cm. broad, usually pubescent, 5-parted, the 

 divisions broadly oblong below, lobed and the lobes usually toothed; raceme strict and densely 

 flowered, 5-20 cm. long, pedicels even the lowest less than 2 cm. long ; sepals violet-purple vary- 

 ing to lavender, 8-12 mm. long, elliptic, usually densely puberulent in a broad median band, the 

 spur slender, straight, a little exceeding the sepals ; upper petals white, tinged with purple, rather 

 obscurely notched, lower petals violet; follicles straight, 9-11 mm. long, puberulent; seeds with 

 loose cellular coats forming wings on all the angles. 



Open dry slopes and ridges, Upper Sonoran Zone; Humboldt and Shasta Counties south to San Luis 

 Obispo and Kern Counties, California. Type locality: not definitely stated. April-June. 



Delphinium hesperium var. recurvatum (Greene) Davis, Minn. Bot. Studies 2: 440. 1900. (D. recur- 

 vatum Greene, Pittonia 1: 285. 1889.) Distinguished by the narrower, linear-oblong, strongly recurved sepals, 

 lavender or nearly white; plants usually with less pubescence. San Joaquin and lower Sacramento Valleys, 

 California. 



Delphinium hesperium var. seditosum Jepson, Fl. Calif. 525. 1914. Leaves minutely puberulent, the 

 segments very narrowly linear and more or less revolute. A dwarfed plant of the eastern slopes of the Santa 

 Lucia Mountains, California. 



24. Delphinium Parryi A. Gray. Parry's Larkspur. Fig. 1801. 



Delphinium Parryi A. Gray, Bot. Gaz. 12: 53. 1887. 



Delphinium Parryi var. maritimum Davidson, Muhlenbergia 4: 35. 1908. 



Delphinium inflexum Davidson, Bull. S. Calif. Acad. 26: 70. 1927. 



Stems arising from a stout woody fibrous root, simple or the raceme with one or two 

 branches, 3-8 dm. high, puberulent. Leaves 2.5-4 cm. broad, 3-5-parted, the main divisions 



