Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Delphinium exaltatum
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
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Learn more about Tall Larkspur from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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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
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p142
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p416
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p037
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p058
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p044
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