Delphinium bicolor

Low Larkspur

Pink Variant
Cypress Hills Provincial Park
10-June-2001

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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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Delphinium:  Answers to key questions leading to this genus
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plants not climbing

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leaves either basal or alternate

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flowers mostly deep blue or purple, but this specimen is a pink variant

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flowers irregular (zygomorphic)

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upper (posterior) sepal with one long narrow spur

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4 petals

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carpels with several ovules

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fruit of follicles, rarely a berry

 

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Ranunculus: Answers to key questions 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