Delphinium gypsophilum Ewan is a plant in the Ranunculaceae family, order Ranunculales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Delphinium gypsophilum Ewan

Delphinium gypsophilum Ewan

Delphinium gypsophilum, commonly gypsum-loving or Panoche Creek larkspur, is an endemic California wildflower with distinctive colored blooms.

Family
Genus
Delphinium
Order
Ranunculales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Delphinium gypsophilum Ewan

Delphinium gypsophilum is a species of larkspur, with the common names gypsum-loving larkspur or Panoche Creek larkspur. It is frequently misspelled as Pinoche Creek larkspur. This species is endemic to California, growing in low mountains in the central region of the state. This wildflower typically grows between half a meter and one meter tall. It has a pale whitish-green stem, topped with cylindrical inflorescences that hold up to 30 flowers on short pedicels. The flowers are most often pale blue or chalk-white; occasional individual plants produce pink or light blue flowers. The flower spur measures between one and one and a half centimeters long.

Photo: (c) marlin harms, some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Ranunculales Ranunculaceae Delphinium

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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