The main flowering stem is erect, and varies greatly in size between the species, from 10 centimetres in some alpine species, up to 2 m tall in the larger meadowland species. The leaves are deeply lobed with three to seven toothed, pointed lobes in a palmate shape. In high mountain habitat, central Utah rangelands Tall and robust species with many flowers, such as Delphinium occidentale, appear more often in forests. Species with short stems and few flowers such as Delphinium nuttallianum and Delphinium bicolor appear in habitats like prairies and the sagebrush steppe. Pedanius Dioscorides said the plant got its name because of its dolphin-shaped flowers. The genus name Delphinium derives from the Ancient Greek word δελφίνιον ( delphínion) which means " dolphin", a name used in De Materia Medica for some kind of larkspur. Molecular data show that Consolida, as well as another segregate genus, Aconitella, are both embedded in Delphinium. The common name larkspur is shared between perennial Delphinium species and annual species of the genus Consolida. Īll members of the genus Delphinium are toxic to humans and livestock. Genus of flowering plants in the buttercup family Ranunculaceaeĭelphinium is a genus of about 300 species of annual and perennial flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae, native throughout the Northern Hemisphere and also on the high mountains of tropical Africa.
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