Delphinium occidentale
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Delphinium
Species:
D. occidentale
Binomial name
Delphinium occidentale
(S.Watson) S.Watson ex Coult.

Delphinium occidentale, the western larkspur, is a perennial plant in the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae) with purple flowers.[1]: 45  It grows along streambanks and moist areas of the Great Basin in Nevada and Utah.[1]: 45 

There are usually between few and several stems, which can grow up to about 1.83 metres (6 ft).[2] There are racemes of many small flowers at the ends of branches, ranging from dark blue to white.[2] The leaves are large and palmate.[2]

The most widespread tall larkspur, it is also very poisonous.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Great Basin Wildflowers, Laird R. Blackwell, 2006, Morris Book Publishing LLC., ISBN 0-7627-3805-7
  2. 1 2 3 4 Taylor, Ronald J. (1994) [1992]. Sagebrush Country: A Wildflower Sanctuary (rev. ed.). Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Pub. Co. p. 36. ISBN 0-87842-280-3. OCLC 25708726.
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