Delphinium cardinale

Delphinium cardinale
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Ranunculaceae
Genus:	Delphinium
Species:	D. cardinale
Binomial name
Delphinium cardinale Hook.

Delphinium cardinale is a species of larkspur known by the common names scarlet larkspur and cardinal larkspur. This wildflower is native to California and Baja California, where it grows on coastal, inland, and desert chaparral slopes, such as the Colorado Desert, and the Peninsular and Transverse Ranges.

Description

This tall larkspur grows on an erect stem which often exceeds two meters-six feet in height. The leaves are divided into many narrow lobes. The top of the thin stem is occupied by many widely spaced flowers, each at the end of a pedicel several centimeters long. Each flower has scarlet red sepals which are generally curled forward into a bowl shape. The petals are also scarlet, except for the top two which are scarlet marked with bright yellow blotches. The flower may be 3 centimeters wide and the same in length, including the spur.

See also

• California chaparral and woodlands
• California montane chaparral and woodlands

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment - Delphinium cardinale
• USDA Plants Profile; Delphinium cardinale
• Delphinium cardinale - Photo gallery