Delphinium virescens Nutt.

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Ranunculaceae

• Scientific Name

  Delphinium virescens Nutt.

• Description

  Species Description - Stem 4–12 dm, finely and often densely pubescent, often or usually glandular; lvs chiefly basal or below the middle of the stem, deeply dissected into linear segments mostly 2–5 mm wide; raceme elongate, virgate, the lower pedicels seldom over 1.5 cm; fls white, greenish- white, or bluish-white; spur 10–14 mm; upper pair of pet sometimes yellow; lower pet bifid, bearded; follicles 15–20 mm; seeds wingless, densely covered with projecting scales; 2n=16. Prairies and plains; N.D., s. Man., Minn., and w. Wis., s. to Ill., La., Tex., Colo., and N.M., and e. occasionally into c. Ky. and nw. Ga. May–July. (D. penardii) Perhaps better treated as a var. of D. carolinianum.

• Common Names

  prairie larkspur