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SIERRA LARKSPUR 



Delphi'nium glau'cum, syn. D. scopulo'rum glau'cum 



Flowers blue to purplish (rarely 

 white), numerous, irregular, slender- 

 stalked, somewhat hairy, in rather 

 crowded end clusters (racemes) up to 

 1# ft. long 



Outer flower parts (sepals) petal-like, 

 dissimilar; upper one produced back- 

 ward into a hollow spur about }{ in. 

 long 



Petals small, in 2 pairs; upper pair 

 prolonged backward into spur enclosed 

 by spurred sepal; each of lower pair 

 often cleft to middle 



Seed pods (follicles) usually 3, some- 

 times 5, about }'i in. long, erect, not 

 spreading at tips, veiny, hairless, each 

 tipped by persistent threadlike stalk 

 (style) and splitting down along inside 

 ridge 



Stamens numerous 



Leaves alternate, mostly 5- to 7- 

 lobed into wedge-shaped divisions which 

 are again cleft, sometimes covered with 

 a bluish, waxen bloom; upper leaves 

 smaller, sparingly lobed or entire 



Stems stout, hollow, erect, up to 7 ft. 

 high, very leafy, hairless, more or less 

 covered with a bluish, waxen bloom 



Root stout, woody, perennial 



