Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Delphinium ajacis
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
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Read more about Rocket Larkspur at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Consolida ajacis
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Consolida ajacis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3 (1997)
Consolida ajacis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Delphinium ambiguum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Consolida ambigua
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-03-001:
Delphinium ajacis FAMILY Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Delphinium ajacis
COMMON NAME:
Rocket Larkspur, Garden Larkspur
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_deaj_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Delphinium ajacis
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Consolida ajacis
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Consolida ajacis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3
Consolida ajacis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Delphinium ambiguum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Consolida ambigua
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-03-001:
Delphinium ajacis
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Delphinium ajacis
3208
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Roadsides, fields, waste places, disturbed ground, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Common in Carolina Piedmont (uncommon to rare in elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple: dissected into linear or filiform segments
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Deep bluish-violet (usually), ranging through pink to pure white
Not symmetrical
5 sepals (one of them spurred)
Two petals
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary
Flowers in a raceme
FRUIT:
Follicle
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p036
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p044
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
Less is more: If "pencil flower" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "pencil".