PLANTS Profile for Delphinium exaltatum (tall larkspur)

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Delphinium exaltatum Aiton
tall larkspur

Symbol:

DEEX

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ranunculaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Delphinium exaltatum Aiton

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 94. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Distribution:
Delphinium exaltatum Aiton


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USA (AL, KY, MD, ME, MO, NC, OH, PA, TN, VA, WV)

Related Taxa:
Delphinium exaltatum Aiton

View 25 genera in Ranunculaceae, 73 species in Delphinium

Classification:
Delphinium exaltatum Aiton

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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 exaltatum Aiton – tall larkspur

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Delphinium exaltatum Aiton

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Maryland:
tall larkspur		Endangered
North Carolina:
tall larkspur		Special Concern, Endangered
Pennsylvania:
tall larkspur		Endangered
Tennessee:
tall larkspur		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Delphinium exaltatum Aiton

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 18553.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/21/2008 06:50 AM MDT