Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Delphinium carolinianum ssp. calciphilum
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Delphinium carolinianum ssp. calciphilum
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Delphinium carolinianum ssp. calciphilum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Delphinium carolinianum ssp. calciphilum
INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Delphinium virescens
INCLUDED WITHIN Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Delphinium carolinianum var. carolinianum
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Delphinium carolinianum
COMMON NAME:
Glade Larkspur, Limestone Larkspur, Tennessee Larkspur
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_d_carolinianum_calci
May
Similar to ssp. virescens, but with shorter stems, fewer & narrower leaf lobes, per Flora of North America.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_d_carolinianum_calc
June
Flowers (sepals) white; stems 2-4(7)dm tall, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Delphinium carolinianum ssp. calciphilum
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Delphinium carolinianum ssp. calciphilum
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Delphinium carolinianum ssp. calciphilum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Delphinium carolinianum ssp. calciphilum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Delphinium virescens
INCLUDED WITHIN
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Delphinium carolinianum var. carolinianum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Delphinium carolinianum
3759
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: limestone glades and barrens, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple: deeply divided into 5-12 segments, each 2-4mm wide
Alternate & basal (basal usually present at flowering)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Not symmetrical
5 sepals (one of them spurred)
Four petals
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Follicle
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p305
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p038
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p059
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