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Delphinium menziesii (Menzies' larkspur)

Synonyms:

Infraspecies

Delphinium menziesii menziesii (Menzies' larkspur)
Delphinium menziesii pallidum (Menzies' larkspur)
Delphinium menziesii var. ochroleuca

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [2]  All parts of the plant are toxic; The plant is most toxic when it is young;
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [3]  Herb
Usage [2]  A parasiticide is obtained from the leaves; It is quite toxic and so is for external use only. A blue dye can be obtained from the flowers;
Height [2]  20 inches (0.5 m)
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External References

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Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
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