? Delphinium
Delphinium staphisagria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Ranunculales Family: Ranunculaceae Genus: Delphinium L.
Species
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Delphinium is a genus of about 250 species of annual, biennial or perennial flowering plants in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, native throughout the Northern Hemisphere and also on the high mountains of tropical Africa. The common name, shared with the closely related genus Consolida, is Larkspur. Image File history File links Koeh-052. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Green algae Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... Families See text The Ranunculales are an order of flowering plants, which belong among the basal eudicots. ... Genera See text The Ranunculaceae are a family of flowers in the order Ranunculales. ... Carolus Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as (help· info), and in English usually under the Latinized name Carolus Linnaeus (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), the name with which his publications were signed, was a Swedish botanist and physician who laid the foundations for the modern scheme... In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a taxonomic grouping. ... In biology, a species is the basic unit of biodiversity. ... Classes Magnoliopsida- Dicots Liliopsida- Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... Genera See text The Ranunculaceae are a family of flowers in the order Ranunculales. ... Insert non-formatted text here The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planets surface (or celestial sphere) that is north of the equator (the word hemisphere literally means half ball). On the Earth, the Northern Hemisphere contains most of the land and population. ... A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. ... Consolida Categories: Plant stubs | Ranunculales ... Species Delphinium glaucum Delphinium consolida Delphinium bakeri Others Larkspur (Delphinium glaucum) is a tall (4 to 6 foot high), robust plant. ...

Larkspur on high mountain rangelands in central Utah.

The leaves are deeply lobed with 3-7 toothed, pointed lobes. The main flowering stem is erect, and varies greatly in size between the species, from 10 cm in some alpine species, up to 2 m tall in the larger meadowland species; it is topped by many flowers, varying between purple, blue, red, yellow or white. The flower has five petals which grow together to form a hollow flower with a spur at the end, which gives the plant its name. The seeds are small and shiny black. The plants flower from late spring to late summer, and are pollinated by butterflies and bumble bees. Despite the toxicity, Delphinium species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Dot Moth and Small Angle Shades. Image Number K4377-14 On high mountain rangelands in central Utah, range technician Gus Warr collects larkspur samples to measure alkaloid levels. ... Image Number K4377-14 On high mountain rangelands in central Utah, range technician Gus Warr collects larkspur samples to measure alkaloid levels. ... In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. ... Alpine may refer to: Alpine, a breed of goat. ... A meadow is a tract of grassland, either in its natural state or used as pasture or for growing hay. ... Clivia miniata bears bright orange flowers. ... A seed is the ripened ovule of gymnosperm or angiosperm plants. ... Families Superfamily Hesperioidea: Hesperiidae Superfamily Papilionoidea: Papilionidae Pieridae Nymphalidae Lycaenidae Riodinidae A butterfly is a flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, and belongs to one of the superfamilies Hesperioidea (the skippers) or Papilionoidea (all other butterflies). ... Species see text A bumblebee in flight The bumblebee is a flying insect of the genus Bombus in the family Apidae. ... A larva (Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of animal with indirect development, undergoing metamorphosis (for example, insects or amphibians). ... Super Families Butterflies Hesperioidea Papilionoidea Moths Micropterigoidea Heterobathmioidea Eriocranioidea Acanthopteroctetoidea Lophocoronoidea Neopseustoidea Mnesarchaeoidea Hepialoidea Nepticuloidea Incurvarioidea Palaephatoidea Tischeriodea Simaethistoidea Tineoidea Gracillarioidea Yponomeutoidea Gelechioidea Zygaenoidea Sesioidea Cossoidea Tortricoidea Choreutoida Urodoidea Galacticoidea Schreckensteinioidea Epermenioidea Pterophoroidea Aluctoidea Immoidea Axioidea Hyblaeoidea Thyridoidea Whalleyanoidea Pyraloidea Mimallonoidea Lasiocampoidea Geometroidea Drepanoidea Bombycoidea Calliduloidae Hedyloidea Noctuoidea Families About... Binomial name Melanchra persicariae Linnaeus, 1761 The Dot Moth (Melanchra persicariae) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. ... Binomial name Euplexia lucipara Linnaeus, 1758 The Small Angle Shades (Euplexia lucipara) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. ...

Other names are, lark's heel (Shakespeare), lark's claw and knight's spur. The scientific name is taken from Dioscorides and describes the shape of the bud, which is thought to look like a (rather fat) dolphin. William Shakespeare—born April 1564; baptised April 26, 1564; died April 23, 1616 (O.S.), May 3, 1616 (N.S.)—has a reputation as the greatest of all writers in English. ... Pedanius Dioscorides (ca. ... Genera See article below. ...

The Forking Larkspur (Delphinium consolida) prefers chalky loams. It grows wild in cornfields, but has become very rare nowadays. The flowers are commonly purple, but a white variety exists as well. Loam is soil composed of a relatively even mixture of three mineral particle size groups: sand, silt, and clay. ...

Baker's larkspur (Delphinium bakeri) and Yellow larkspur (D. luteum), both native to very restricted areas of California, are highly endangered species. Binomial name Delphinium bakeri Ewan Bakers larkspur (Delphinium bakeri) is a perennial herb in the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae). ... Binomial name Delphinium luteum Heller The endangered flower Delphinium luteum, the yellow larkspur, is a perennial of the buttercup family which is endemic to the rocky, foggy hillsides of coastal Sonoma County, California. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 3rd 410,000 km² 402. ... The endangered Sea Otter An endangered species is a population of organisms (frequently but not always a taxonomic species) which is either (a) so few in number or (b) threatened by changing environmental or predation parameters that it is at risk of becoming extinct. ...

Cultivation and uses

A modern hybrid Delphinium cultivar selected for garden use

Many species are cultivated as garden plants, with numerous cultivars having been selected for their denser, more prominent flowers. Delphiniums in bloom File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Delphiniums in bloom File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Part of a garden in Bristol, England A flower bed in the gardens of Bristol Zoo, England Checkered flower bed in Tours, France A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. ... This Osteospermum Pink Whirls is a successful cultivar. ...

All parts of the plant contain an alkaloid delphinidin and are very poisonous, causing vomiting when eaten, and death in larger amounts. In small amounts, extracts of the plant have been used in herbal medicine. Gerard's herball reports that drinking the seed of larkspur was thought to help against the stings of scorpions, and that other poisonous animals could not move when covered by the herb, but does not believe it himself. Grieve's herbal reports that the seeds can be used against parasites, especially lice and their nits in the hair. A tincture is used against asthma and dropsy. The juice of the flowers, mixed with alum, gives a blue ink. An alkaloid is a nitrogenous organic molecule that has a pharmacological effect on humans and animals. ... Delphinidin Delphinidin is an anthocyanin, and a primary plant pigment. ... The skull and crossbones symbol traditionally used to label a poisonous substance. ... Dioscorides’ Materia Medica, c. ... John Gerard John Gerard (1545 in Nantwich – 1611/12 in London) was an English botanist famous for his herbal garden. ... An herbal is a book, often illustrated, that describes the appearance, medical properties, and other characteristics of plants used in herbal medicine. ... Superfamilies Pseudochactoidea Buthoidea Chaeriloidea Chactoidea Iuroidea Scorpionoidea See the classification sectionfor families. ... Suborders Anoplura (sucking lice) Rhyncophthirina Ischnocera (avian lice) Amblycera (chewing lice) Lice (singular: louse) (order Phthiraptera) are an order of over 3000 species of wingless parasitic insects. ... NIT or Nit or nit can refer to:- A common name for various types of lice eggs. ... Edema (BE: oedema, formerly known as dropsy) is swelling of any organ or tissue due to accumulation of excess fluid. ... A crystal of Alum Alum, in chemistry, is a term given to the crystallized double sulfates of the typical formula M+2SO4·M3+2(SO4)3·24H2O, where M+ is the sign of an alkali metal (lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, or caesium), and M3+ denotes one of the trivalent metal... An ink is a liquid containing various pigments and/or dyes used for colouring a surface to render an image or text. ...

The plant was connected to Saint Odile and in popular medicine used against eye-diseases. It was one of the herbs used on the feast of St. John and us such warded against lightning. In Transsylvania, it was used to keep witches from the stables, probably because of its blue color.
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Species

Candle Larkspur (Delphinium elatum) in flower,
Nockberge, Kärnten, Austria

About 250 species, including: Download high resolution version (800x1305, 210 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (800x1305, 210 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Carinthia (German Kärnten, Slovenian Koroška) is an Austrian state or Land, located in the south of Austria. ...

• Delphinium alabamicum : Alabama Larkspur
• Delphinium alpestre : Colorado Larkspur
• Delphinium altissimum
• Delphinium andersonii : Anderson's Larkspur
• Delphinium andesicola : Chiricahua Mountain Larkspur
• Delphinia antoninum : Tracy's Larkspur
• Delphinium bakeri: Baker's Delphinium
• Delphinium barbeyi : Subalpine Larkspur
• Delphinium basalticum : Basalt Larkspur
• Delphinium bicolor : Little Larkspur
• Delphinium brachycentrum : Northern Larkspur
• Delphinium brunonianum
• Delphinium bulleyanum
• Delphinium caeruleum
• Delphinium californicum : California Larkspur
• Delphinium cardinale
• Delphinium carolinianum : Carolina Larkspur
• Delphinium cashmerianum
• Delphinium chamissonis : Chamisso's Larkspur
• Delphinium cheilanthum
• Delphinium consolida
• Delphinium corymbosum
• Delphinium decorum : Coastal Larkspur
• Delphinium delavayi
• Delphinium denudatum
• Delphinium depauperatum : Slim Larkspur
• Delphinium dictyocarpum
• Delphinium distichum : Twospike Larkspur
• Delphinium duhmbergii
• Delphinium elatum : Candle Larkspur
• Delphinium exaltatum : Tall Larkspur
• Delphinium fissum
• Delphinium formosum
• Delphinium geraniifolium : Clark Valley Larkspur
• Delphinium geyeri : Geyer's Larkspur
• Delphinium glareosum : Olympic Larkspur
• Delphinium glaucescens : Smooth Larkspur
• Delphinium glaucum : Sierra Larkpsur
• Delphinium gracilentum : Pine Forest Larkspur
• Delphinium grandiflorum : Siberian Larkspur
• Delphinium gypsophilum : Pinoche Creek Larkspur
• Delphinium hansenii : Eldorado Larkspur
• Delphinium hesperium : Foothill Larkspur
• Delphinium hutchinsoniae : Monterey Larkspur
• Delphinium hybridum
• Delphinium inopinum : Unexpected Larkspur
• Delphinium leroyi
• Delphinium leucophaeum
• Delphinium likiangense
• Delphinium linarioides
• Delphinium lineapetalum : Thinpetal Larkspur
• Delphinium luteum : Yellow Larkspur
• Delphinium maackianum
• Delphinium macrocentron
• Delphinium madrense : Sierra Madre Larkspur
• Delphinium menziesii : Menzies' Larkspur
• Delphinium multiplex : Kittitas Larkspur
• Delphinium muscosum
• Delphinium nelsonii
• Delphinium newtonianum : Newton's Larkspur
• Delphinium novomexicanum : White Mountain Larkspur
• Delphinium nudicaule : Red Larkspur
• Delphinium nuttallianum : Twolobe Larkspur
• Delphinium nuttallii : Upland Larkspur
• Delphinium oxysepalum
• Delphinium parishii : Desert Larkspur
• Delphinium parryi : San Bernardino Larkspur
• Delphinium patens : Zigzag Larkspur
• Delphinium peregrinum
• Delphinium pictum
• Delphinium polycladon : Mountain Marsh Larkspur
• Delphinium przewalskii
• Delphinium purpusii : Kern County Larkspur
• Delphinium pylzowii
• Delphinium ramosum : Mountain Larkspur
• Delphinium recurvatum : Byron Larkspur
• Delphinium requienii
• Delphinium robustum : Wahatoya Creek Larkspur
• Delphinium roylei
• Delphinium sapellonis : Sapello Canyon Larkspur
• Delphinium scaposum : Tall Mountain Larkspur
• Delphinium scopulorum : Rocky Mountain Larkspur
• Delphinium semibarbatum
• Delphinium speciosum
• Delphinium stachydeum : Spiked Larkspur
• Delphinium staphisagria
• Delphinium sutchuense
• Delphinium sutherlandii : Sutherland's Larkspur
• Delphinium tatsienense
• Delphinium treleasei : Glade Larkspur
• Delphinium tricorne : Dwarf Larkspur
• Delphinium triste
• Delphinium trolliifolium : Columbian Larkspur
• Delphinium uliginosum : Swamp Larkspur
• Delphinium umbraculorum : Umbrella Larkspur
• Delphinium variegatum : Royal Larkspur
• Delphinium verdunense
• Delphinium vestitum
• Delphinium villosum
• Delphinium virescens
• Delphinium viridescens : Wenatchee Larkspur
• Delphinium viride
• Delphinium wootonii : Organ Mountain Larkspur
• Delphinium xantholeucum : Yellow-white Larkspur
• Delphinium yunnanense
• Delphinium zalil : Zalil

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