*Delphinium ajacis Linnaeus. Common name: Rocket Larkspur, Garden Larkspur. Phenology: May-Sep. Habitat: Roadsides, fields, waste places, disturbed ground. Distribution: Native of Europe.
Origin/Endemic status: Europe
Synonymy ⓘ: = Can, F, G, GrPl, Mo3, NY, POWO, RAB, S, S13, Tat, Tx, WV; = Consolida ajacis (L.) Schur — Ar, Fl2, FNA3, Il, K4, Mi, NcTx, NE, NS, Pa, Tn, Va, WH3; = Consolida ambigua (L.) P.W.Ball & Heywood in Heywood & P.W.Ball — W; = Delphinium ambiguum L. — C. Basionym: Delphinium ajacis L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Consolida ajacis - FNA3
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Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect to reclining (with age) annual of roadsides, fields, waste places and disturbed ground. Native of Europe.
Stems: Stems with a few branches, hairy.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate below and sessile above, to 3 in. wide, divided into 3-5 lobes/leaflets that are further divided into finely linear segments, resulting in a lacy appearance; slightly hairy-silky.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in dense terminal racemes to 1 ft. tall; blue-purple (occasionally whitish or pinkish); about 2 in. wide; consisting of 5 petal-like sepals, the upper one forming a hood in front and a hairy, upward-curving spur in back, while the middle and lower sepals are rounded and spreading. There are 4 less showy, united petals in the center of the flower that cover stamens and carpel.
Fruits: Fruit a hairy, ellipsoid follicle.
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Height: 2-3 ft.
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description: Erect to reclining (with age) annual of roadsides, fields, waste places and disturbed ground. Native of Europe.
stems: Stems with a few branches, hairy.
leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate below and sessile above, to 3 in. wide, divided into 3-5 lobes/leaflets that are further divided into finely linear segments, resulting in a lacy appearance; slightly hairy-silky.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in dense terminal racemes to 1 ft. tall; blue-purple (occasionally whitish or pinkish); about 2 in. wide; consisting of 5 petal-like sepals, the upper one forming a hood in front and a hairy, upward-curving spur in back, while the middle and lower sepals are rounded and spreading. There are 4 less showy, united petals in the center of the flower that cover stamens and carpel.
fruits: Fruit a hairy, ellipsoid follicle.
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