Biology:Delphinium glareosum

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Short description: Species of larkspur

Delphinium glareosum
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Delphinium
Species:
D. glareosum
Binomial name
Delphinium glareosum
Greene
Subspecies[1]
  • Delphinium glareosum subsp. caprorum (Ewan) Ewan
  • Delphinium glareosum subsp. glareosum
Synonyms[1]
  • Delphinium bicolor var. glareosum (Greene)

Delphinium glareosum (common names include Olympic Mountain larkspur and rockslide larkspur[2]) is a species of larkspur which grows in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia.[3] It is in the Ranunculaceae (buttercup family). These plants favor rocky slopes. They flower in summer. Like all members of the genus Delphinium, rockslide larkspur is poisonous.

a rocky mountain slope, mostly barren at first glance
Typical habitat of rockslide larkspur, in Wenatchee National Forest.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q10544181 entry