Delphinium lineapetalum (nuttallianum var. lineapetalum)
Delphinium

Family: Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family)

Photo taken at Leavenworth Fish Hatchery; dry, openly wooded, rocky hillside

Flowers:

racemes open; 5 sepals nearly equal, pale blue to lavender; petals white and prominently lined with purplish black

Roots:

fusiform thickened; often easily detatched from stem

Leaves:

alternate; palmately divided into 3-7 segments; mostly cauline leaves

Plant:

10-50 cm tall; mostly single stemmed, not fistulose

Habitat:

plants of sagebrush desert to mountain valleys and slopes

Distribution of species:

foothills and valleys of Wenatchee Mountains, Chelan and Kittitas Counties

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