Delphinium wootonii Rydb.

  • Authority

    New York Botanical Garden. Herbarium of Dr. Per Axel Rydberg. Purchased, 1899. Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden.

  • Family

    Ranunculaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Delphinium wootonii Rydb.

  • Description

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    Species Description - Perennial from a deep woody root, 1.5-2 dm. high, finely grayish-strigose; basal leaves rather numerous, grayish-strigulose, rather firm, 3-5 -cleft to the base, the divisions cuneate in outline, cleft beyond the middle into oblong or linear acute leaves; stemleaves similar, very few; raceme short, rather few-flowered; pedicels erect, 1—2 cm. long; bractlets linear, close under the calyx, the latter light blue or white and tinged with blue or purple; petals white, the upper ones tinged with yellow; seeds unknown.

  • Discussion

    This is closely related to D. albescens, but the position of the bractlets, the grayish pubescence, the low stout habit and the firm leaves with broad segments indicate some relationship with D, Geyeri. In this, as in several other species, mature seeds are a desideratum.

    New Mexico: Organ Mountains, 1893, E. 0. Wooton (type).

    Arizona : Ft. Huachuca, T. E. Wilcox

  • Distribution

    New Mexico, Arizona

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