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Delphinium scaposum
(Synonym:
Delphinium Andersonii)
(Delphinium) Semi-desert, foothills. Woodlands, openings. Spring. This Delphinium is found in the semi-desert and low foothills. It grows to several feet tall, has few, lobed leaves at the base, and delicate pale-blue to inky-blue flowers. The basal leaves are noticeable for weeks before the flower stalk begins growing and the leaves were a mystery to me until finally the flower buds appeared. Once the flower opens one knows for sure that it is a Delphinium. Linnaeus named this genus in 1753. "Delphinium" is from the Latin "delphinus", "Dolphin", for the resemblance of the flower buds to Dolphins. (Click to see the Dolphins.) Edwin Greene named this species in 1912. Weber places Delphinium in Helleboraceae, not Ranunculaceae.
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Delphinium scaposum (Synonym: Delphinium Andersonii) (Delphinium) Semi-desert, foothills. Woodlands, openings. Spring. |
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Delphinium scaposum
(Synonym:
Delphinium Andersonii)
(Delphinium) Semi-desert, foothills. Woodlands, openings. Spring. |
Range map © John Kartesz,
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Range map for Delphinium scaposum |
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