PLANTS Profile for Delphinium hesperium (foothill larkspur)

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PLANTS Profile

Delphinium hesperium A. Gray
foothill larkspur

Symbol:

DEHE

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ranunculaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS NPDC. United States, CA, Berkeley, University of California Berkeley Botanical Garden. June 6, 2003. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Delphinium hesperium A. Gray

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Distribution:
Delphinium hesperium A. Gray


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USA (CA)

Related Taxa:
Delphinium hesperium A. Gray

View 25 genera in Ranunculaceae, 73 species in Delphinium or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Delphinium hesperium A. Gray ssp. cuyamacae (Abrams) F.H. Lewis & Epling. .

Delphinium hesperium ssp. cuyamacae
foothill larkspur

Distribution of Delphinium hesperium A. Gray ssp. hesperium. . Image Available.

Delphinium hesperium ssp. hesperium
foothill larkspur

Distribution of Delphinium hesperium A. Gray ssp. pallescens (Ewan) F.H. Lewis & Epling. .

Delphinium hesperium ssp. pallescens
foothill larkspur

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Delphinium hesperium A. Gray

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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 hesperium A. Gray – foothill larkspur

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Delphinium hesperium A. Gray

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California:
Delphinium hesperium ssp. cuyamacae
Cuyamaca larkspur		Rare

More Accounts and Images:
Delphinium hesperium A. Gray

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18467.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

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

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 02:27 AM CDT