Low Larkspur (pale blue/white form)

Description:

Delphinium nuttallianum Pritz. more typically has flowers that are mostly solid azure to blue-purple but whitish to pale-blue forms, while less commonly seen, are historically well-known. This pale colored form does more clearly show its nectar guides and details of the sepals which are otherwise more difficult to see in the more typical darker colored forms. Sepals are glabrous or puberulent (as here).This species has had at least a dozen different scientific names. It was not that all that long ago locally recognized as Delphinum nelsonii, now a synonym.Other common names include:Nelson's LarkspurNuttall's LarkspurTwo-lobe LarkspurUpland LarkspurGrows in mainly in dry places over a wide elevational range, occurring in all Utah counties, and much of the western United States.May 30, 2009, Wasatch Mountains, Little Cottonwood Canyon, approx. 6500 ft. elev, Salt Lake County, Utah