OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Delphinium exaltatum   FAMILY Ranunculaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Delphinium exaltatum   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Delphinium exaltatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Delphinium exaltatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-03-004:

Delphinium exaltatum   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Delphinium exaltatum

 

COMMON NAME:
Tall Larkspur


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image of Delphinium exaltatum, Tall Larkspur

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_deex_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Delphinium exaltatum   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Delphinium exaltatum   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Delphinium exaltatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Delphinium exaltatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-03-004:
Delphinium exaltatum   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Delphinium exaltatum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2889

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Dry to moist soils over calcareous (such as dolostone, especially Elbrook Formation) or mafic rocks (such as amphibolite, metagabbro, greenstone, and diabase), usually in the open (as grassy balds) or on forest edges in partial sun, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple: Palmately cleft or parted
Alternate
Petioles 1-15cm long

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue, pale blue
Not symmetrical
5 sepals (one of them spurred)
Four petals
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

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