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Delphinium nudicaule (red larkspur)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Delphinium nudicaule, known by the common names canyon larkspur, red larkspur, orange larkspur, and canyon delphinium, is a flowering perennial herb in the Buttercup Family (Ranunculaceae). It is native to the low elevation canyons and slopes, foothills, and mountain ranges, of California from the Sierra Nevada to theCalifornia Coast Ranges, and of Oregon. It grows below 6,500 feet (2,000 m).
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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 blue dye is obtained from the flowers; An ink can be made from the dye; A parasiticide is obtained from the leaves; It is quite toxic and so is for external use only.
Height [2]  12 inches (0.3 m)
Width [2]  10 inches (0.25 m)
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Table Mountain   California, United States      

External References

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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
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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