Closeup of flowers Delphinium parishii, the desert larkspur, is a flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae (the buttercup family) native to the Mojave Desert, in the southwestern United States and northwest Mexico.USDA In Southern California it is also found in the Tehachapi Mountains, Transverse Ranges, and eastern Sierra Nevada.Jepson Desert larkspur plant stalk with flowers and buds It is found in desert scrub between 300 - of elevation in California, Arizona, southwestern Utah, and Baja California.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Delphinium parishii has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens3
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences1
eDNA detections3
Countries1
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★rbcLa★ITS1
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualDelphinium parishii carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
CCDB · DCDB-2016 — Lewis, H., C. Epling, G. A. L. Mehlquist & C. G. Wyckoff. 1951. Chromosome number of californian Delphiniums and their geographical ocurrence. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 38: 101-117.
n 82×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · DCDB-2016
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Reveal, J. L. & R. Spellenberg. 1976. Miscellaneous chromosome counts of Western American plants - III. Rhodora 78: 37–52.
CCDB · DCDB-2016 — Reveal, J. L. & R. Spellenberg. 1976. Miscellaneous chromosome counts of Western American plants, III. Rhodora 78: 37-52.
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy89% within 1 km
≤100 m 735≤1 km 98≤10 km 48>10 km 60
941 georeferenced · 340 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 281
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy49% within 1 km
≤100 m 9≤1 km 143≤10 km 153>10 km 8
313 georeferenced · 351 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence664
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions35 of 48 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Claremont, US
169
Riverside, US
97
Phoenix, US
53
ASUlocation not on record
52
Flagstaff, US
44
Bronx, US
22
Los Angeles, US
20
Davis, US
17
Henderson, US
12
Fullerton, US
12
CASlocation not on record
11
San Luis Obispo, US
8
San Diego, US
8
EL PASO, US
8
Northridge, US
7
Arcata, US
7
Angwin, US
6
San Francisco, US
6
Fredericton Stock Culture Collectionlocation not on record
6
San Jose, US
6
Mexico City, MX
5
Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalitionlocation not on record
5
Long Beach, US
5
Logan, US
5
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
4
Provo, US
4
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
4
Santa Barbara, US
3
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
3
Bureau of Land Managementlocation not on record
2
Moscow, US
2
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record
2
Irvine, US
2
Dekalb, US
1
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
1
Pullman, US
1
Clemson, US
1
Whitehorse, CA
1
The University of Arizonalocation not on record
1
Wellington, NZ
1
Uniwersytet Jagiellońskilocation not on record
1
Brookings, US
1
Tampa, US
1
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratorylocation not on record
1
Mexico City, MX
1
Burlington, US
1
Boise, US
1
Santa Cruz, US
1
48 institutions · 632 of 664 vouchered records shown · 32 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA3 detections
Where the DNA of Delphinium parishii was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found3
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median19.0 °C 16.2–21.7
Seasonal swing summer↔winter17.7 °C
Max temp (day)26.8 °C 24.0–29.6
Min temp (night)11.6 °C 9.30–13.9
Precipitation15.9 mm/mo 6.30–25.4
Air humidity48.1 % 45.3–51.0
Moisture balance-148 mm/mo -164–-132
Vapour deficit1,184 Pa 926–1,443
Wind speed4.00 m/s 3.60–4.30
Cloud cover30.7 % 29.7–31.8
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 945 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗