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Feathery Leaves & Purple Flowers?

8 years ago

What is this wildflower with feathery leaves, 5-petaled purple flowers and "hooked" buds?

Thanks in advance! :D

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gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)

8 years ago

I'd say more likely to be a species of Consolida (larkspur) rather than delphinium. Consolida ambigua (C. ajacis) has naturalized widely across much of the midwest so that it appears to be almost a wildflower :-) Self-seeds freely, which IME, delphiniums do not.

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peren.all Zone 5a Ontario Canada
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
Delphinium spp. such as D. grandiflora
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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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i think of delphs as perennials ... rather short lived for me ...

and larkspur as the friendly reseeding annual ...

up here in MI

ken
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Delphinium
blakrab Centex
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8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
Ok, I just went back and checked a list of numerous seeds I had scattered around there months ago at the end of March. There was no Delphinium, but Larkspur & Purple Rocket Larkspur...
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