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A Stormy Blue

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Delphinium
Family - Ranunculaceae

"Stems - To +1m tall, erect to somewhat reclining with age, glabrous to puberulent or glandular(especially above), herbaceous, branching above, from taproot.

Leaves - Alternate, petiolate below to sessile above, with 3-5 deeply divided lobes, typically pubescent. Ultimate divisions linear to linear-oblong, entire (ciliate-margined), to 2.5mm broad. Petioles to 9cm below.

Inflorescence - Dense terminal racemes to +10cm in flower. Each flower subtended by a pubescent linear bract to 9mm long. Pedicels to 7mm long, thick, expanded at apex, with pair of subopposite linear bracts to 3mm long, dense puberulent.

Flowers - Sepals deep blue-purple,(sometimes whitish to pinkish or mottled in cultivation), the most showy portion of the flower, spurred. Spur to -2cm long, dense pubescent. Petals 4, united, covering other floral organs(stamens and carpel), spurred. Stamens many, included. Filaments white, sparse pubescent, 5-6mm long, expanded at base. Anthers yellow, 1.1mm long. Ovary dense pubescent, 3-4mm long, conic.

Fruit - A follicle to 2cm long, one per flower, variously pubescent. (All other native members of the genus have 3 follicles per flower).

Flowering - July - August.

Habitat - Cultivated.

Origin - Native to Europe.

Other info. - This is an occasional garden annual which is probably not much escaped in the state. The flowers come in a variety of other colors."

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Other Links:Delplinium Society [link]
Botanical.com [link]
Image size
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Make
Canon
Model
Canon PowerShot SD110
Shutter Speed
1/251 second
Aperture
F/7.1
Focal Length
5 mm
Date Taken
Jan 24, 2006, 3:55:41 AM
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