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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Delphinium tricorne   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

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

Delphinium tricorne

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Delphinium tricorne

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-03-002:

Delphinium tricorne   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

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

Delphinium tricorne

 

COMMON NAME:
Dwarf Larkspur


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image of Delphinium tricorne, Dwarf Larkspur

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_detr_001_lvd

        

image of Delphinium tricorne, Dwarf Larkspur

JK Marlow    jkm070422_053b

April    Buncombe County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Flowers (sepals) usually deep bluish violet, but ranging thru pink to white, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Delphinium tricorne, Dwarf Larkspur

JK Marlow    jkm190427_7779

April    Jackson County    SC

Blue Ridge Parkway

The upper sepal is prolonged backward into a long hollow spur, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Delphinium tricorne, Dwarf Larkspur

JK Marlow    jkm190427_7789

April    Jackson County    SC

Blue Ridge Parkway

All plant parts of the genus Delphinium are poisonous, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Delphinium tricorne, Dwarf Larkspur

Keith Bradley    kab_d_tricorne_4490

April    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Delphinium tricorne, Dwarf Larkspur

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_delphinium_tricorne

April        

image of Delphinium tricorne, Dwarf Larkspur

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_delphinium_tricorne_3

April        

Flowers blue, white or bi-colored, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Delphinium tricorne, Dwarf Larkspur

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_delphinium_tricorne_4

April        

image of Delphinium tricorne, Dwarf Larkspur

JK Marlow    jkm160503_161

May    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Delphinium tricorne, Dwarf Larkspur

JK Marlow    jkm160503_164

May    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Flowers borne in a loose terminal raceme to 8" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Delphinium tricorne, Dwarf Larkspur

JK Marlow    jkm160503_171

May    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Follicles several-seeded, ellipsoid, beaked, divergent, glabrate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Delphinium tricorne, Dwarf Larkspur

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmdtricorne_pw3752

May        

image of Delphinium tricorne, Dwarf Larkspur

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmdtricorne_whitepw3752

May        

image of Delphinium tricorne, Dwarf Larkspur

JK Marlow    s050522_g

May    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Leaves mostly at the base of the plant, deeply lobed into irregular segments, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).


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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Delphinium tricorne   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Delphinium tricorne

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-03-002:
Delphinium tricorne   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

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

 

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Rich, moist forests, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks, less commonly (as along the Roanoke River in ne. NC) on very fertile alluvial deposits, moist prairies, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple: Pedately or palmately lobed or parted
Alternate & basal

FLOWER:
Spring
Deep bluish-violet (usually), ranging through pink to pure white
Not symmetrical
5 sepals (one of them spurred)
Four petals
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary

Flowers in a loose raceme

FRUIT:
Spring
Follicle

 

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