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California larkspur
Delphinium californicum
Delphinium californicum is a species of larkspur known as California larkspur. This wildflower is endemic to California, where it is a resident of the chaparral slopes of the San Francisco Bay Area and the Central Coast.
It has a long root from which erect, tall stems grow, usually exceeding a meter in height and often approaching two meters. The leaves arise on long petioles and are each divided into as many as 15 finger-like, pointed lobes. The top of the stem is occupied with a very large inflorescence usually containing over 50 flowers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 51858.