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Bicolor: Answers to key questions
leading to this species
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low herbs, 15-5- cm high |
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roots thick and often clustered but not
tuber-like |
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stem not easily detachable at base |
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leaves rather thick, mostly basal |
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flowers mostly 5-15; in a relatively
short, loose, and spreading raceme |
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lower flower stalks longer than flowers |
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questions leading to this genus
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![bullet](../../../_themes/botany/blbull2.gif) | leaves either basal or alternate |
![bullet](../../../_themes/botany/blbull2.gif) | flowers mostly deep blue or purple, but
this specimen is a pink variant |
![bullet](../../../_themes/botany/blbull2.gif) | flowers irregular (zygomorphic) |
![bullet](../../../_themes/botany/blbull2.gif) | upper (posterior) sepal with one long
narrow spur |
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leading to this family. Not all answers apply to all genera in Ranunculus,
but all do apply to genus Delphinium
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herbs |
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plants terrestrial or semi-aquatic |
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plant not with colored milky juice |
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plants with more than one normal leaf |
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some or all leaves alternate |
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leaves lobed or divided |
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flowers with two floral rings, and with
each petal distinct from the others |
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calyx irregular, some sepals smaller than
others |
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