Biology:Delphinium occidentale

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Delphinium occidentale
In Yellowstone National Park
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Delphinium
Species:
D. occidentale
Binomial name
Delphinium occidentale
(S.Watson) S.Watson ex Coult.

Delphinium occidentale, the western larkspur, is a perennial plant in the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae) with purple flowers.[1]: 45  It grows along streambanks and moist areas of the Great Basin in Nevada and Utah.[1]: 45 

There are usually between few and several stems, which can grow up to about 1.83 metres (6 ft).[2] There are racemes of many small flowers at the ends of branches, ranging from dark blue to white.[2] The leaves are large and palmate.[2]

The most widespread tall larkspur, it is also very poisonous.[2] It is also known by the common name duncecap larkspur.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Great Basin Wildflowers, Laird R. Blackwell, 2006, Morris Book Publishing LLC., ISBN 0-7627-3805-7
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Taylor, Ronald J. (1994) (in en). Sagebrush Country: A Wildflower Sanctuary (rev. ed.). Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Pub. Co. pp. 36. ISBN 0-87842-280-3. OCLC 25708726. 
  3. Denver Botanic Gardens; Anderson, Sonya; Bone, Mike; Daniel, Nick; Johnson, Dan; Kelaidis, Panayoti; Kintgen, Mike; Krishnan, Sarada et al. (2018) (in en-us). Wildflowers of the Rocky Mountain Region. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. p. 184. ISBN 978-1-60469-644-8. OCLC 1030444975. 

Wikidata ☰ Q15373017 entry