Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Delphinium > Delphinium glaucum

Delphinium glaucum (mountain larkspur; Sierra larkspur; tower larkspur)

Synonyms:

Wikipedia Abstract

Delphinium glaucum is a species of "tall" larkspur known by the common names Sierra larkspur, mountain larkspur, and glaucous larkspur. Although Ewan, in his survey of North American Delphiniums, treated D. glaucum and D. brownii as two separate species, some taxonomists now seem inclined to treat D. brownii as a local form of D. glaucum. However, the matter does not yet appear to be completely resolved. This wildflower is native to western North America from Arizona to Alaska. It grows in moist mountainous environments, such as riverbanks and meadows. This plant sprouts one to several tall, stout, pale green erect stems which may approach three meters in height. The lobed leaves are generally found only at the base of the plant. The top of the stem is a large inflorescence which may itsel
View Wikipedia Record: Delphinium glaucum

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Screening - Summer [2]  Moderate
Screening - Winter [2]  Porous
Bloom Period [2]  Early Spring
Drought Tolerance [2]  None
Fire Tolerance [2]  None
Flower Type [3]  Hermaphrodite
Frost Free Days [2]  4 months
Fruit/Seed Abundance [2]  High
Fruit/Seed Begin [2]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [2]  Fall
Growth Form [2]  Multiple Stem
Growth Period [2]  Spring, Summer
Growth Rate [2]  Rapid
Hazards [3]  All parts of the plant are toxic; The plant is most toxic when it is young;
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Propagation [2]  Seed
Regrowth Rate [2]  Rapid
Root Depth [2]  6 inches (15 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [2]  Rapid
Seed Vigor [2]  High
Seeds Per [2]  13000 / lb (28660 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [2]  Erect
Structure [4]  Herb
Usage [3]  A parasiticide is obtained from the leaves; It is quite toxic and so is for external use only.
Vegetative Spread Rate [2]  None
Flower Color [2]  Purple
Foliage Color [2]  Green
Fruit Color [2]  Black
Flower Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Fruit Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Height [3]  5.904 feet (1.8 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [2]  USDA Zone: 4 Low Temperature: -30 F° (-34.4 C°) → -20 F° (-28.9 C°)
Light Preference [2]  Mostly Shady
Soil Acidity [2]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [2]  Very Rich
Water Use [2]  High
View Plants For A Future Record : Delphinium glaucum

Protected Areas

Predators

Aplodontia rufa (mountain beaver)[5]

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
4Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
5Aplodontia rufa, Leslie N. Carraway and B. J. Verts, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 431, pp. 1-10 (1993)
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0