PLANTS Profile for Delphinium elatum (candle larkspur)

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PLANTS Profile

Delphinium elatum L.
candle larkspur


Symbol:		DEEL2
Group:		Dicot
Family:		Ranunculaceae
Growth Habit:		Forb/herb
Duration:		Perennial
U.S. Nativity:		Introduced

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Plant Distribution by State:
Delphinium elatum L.

State Distributional Map for Delphinium elatum L.

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Delphinium elatum L. occures in the following states: Alaska, Michigan, Wisconsin

Related Taxa:
Delphinium elatum L.

View 25 genera in Ranunculaceae, 73 species in Delphinium

Classification:
Delphinium elatum L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae –
Order	Ranunculales –
Family	Ranunculaceae – Buttercup family
Genus	Delphinium L. – larkspur
Species	Delphinium elatum L. – candle larkspur

Introduced Information:
Delphinium elatum L.

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Delphinium elatum L.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 501978.

View species account from Wisconsin State Herbarium (UW-Madison).