Delphinium carolinianum

Delphinium carolinianum
Photo: Subspecies calciphilum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Delphinium
Species: D. carolinianum
Binomial name
Delphinium carolinianum
Walter

Delphinium carolinianum, commonly known as Carolina larkspur, is a species of flowering plant in the Buttercup family. It is native to the United States and Mexico where it is found in prairies and rocky glades.

It is a perennial that produces blue to white flowers in the spring. [1]

D. carolinianum ssp. virescens

Four subspecies have been named:[2]


References

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