Delphinium ajacis

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Species Distribution Map
Family:RANUNCULACEAE
Species:Delphinium ajacis L.
Common Name:Rocket Larkspur; Doubtful Knight's Spur
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Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
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Plant Notes:Rocket Larkspur is an introduced herbaceous annual in the Buttercup family (Ranunculaceae). It is native to Europe and North Africa. In Alabama it can be found throughout the state on roadsides, around old home sites, and in other disturbed habitats. It is an annual with a tap root. Stems are erect, 1-2 feet in height, green in color, and glabrous or sparsely pubescent. Leaves are alternate, petiolate, palmately finely dissected with 12-60 narrow glabrous or slightly pubescent lobes. Flowers are produced in terminal 6-30 flowered racemes. Flowers are blue, pink, or white in color. Each flower has 5 sepals with the upper one spurred, 2 fused and spurred petals, and a single pistil. The fruit is a pubescent follicle. All parts of the plant are toxic if eaten. Rocket Larkspur is commonly available as seed. It is sometimes included in “wildflower” seed mixes. In Alabama the seed should be planted in the autumn in an open sunny area. It should be planted directly on site as it does not transplant well. It will commonly reseed for several years. This species is sometimes placed in the genus Consolida, separated from Delphinium based on its annual growth form and single pistil.—A. Diamond.
Taxonomic Notes:Commonly persisting after cultivation along roadsides.
Status:Not Native
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Classification

FamilyRANUNCULACEAE - Buttercup/Crowfoot family
Genus Delphinium
Species Delphinium ajacis L. - Rocket Larkspur; Doubtful Knight's Spur

Citation

Citation Delphinium ajacis Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 531. 1753.
Basionym: **
Type: Without data, Herb. Burser VII: 83 (lectotype: UPS). Lectotypified by Molero & Blanché, Anales Jard Bot. Madrid 41: 217. 1984.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Ceratosanthus ajacis Ceratosanthus ajacis (Linnaeus) Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 30. 1866.Delphinium ajacis Linnaeus 1753. 
Delphinium simplex Delphinium simplex Salisbury, Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 375. 1796, nom. illegit.Delphinium ajacis Linnaeus 1753. 
Consolida ajacis Consolida ajacis (Linnaeus) Schur, Verh. Mitth. Siebenbuerg. Vereins Naturwiss. Hermannstadt 4: 47. 1853.Delphinium ajacis Linnaeus 1753.Without data, Herb. Burser VII: 83 (lectotype: UPS). Lectotypified by Molero & Blanché, Anales Jard Bot. Madrid 41: 217. 1984.
Consolida ambigua    

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Barbour, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Colbert, DeKalb, Escambia, Franklin, Geneva, Greene, Houston, Jackson, Lee, Macon, Madison, Marshall, Mobile, Morgan, Pike, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tuscaloosa, Winston

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1942 - 1979

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
AUA_ACC_52410 Pike 11 May 1994 Diamond, Alvin R.
9157		 AUA
Consolida Ajacis (L.) Schur
JSU128150 Calhoun 7 May 1986 Barber, J. Patrick
1783		 JSU
Delphinium ajacis Linnaeus
TROY000040861 Sumter 09 May 2012 Keener, Brian R.
7247		 TROY
Consolida ajacis (Linnaeus) Schur
JSU128157 Jackson 26 May 1999 Brodeur, Kristin R.
1944		 JSU
Delphinium ajacis Linnaeus
JSU128144 Calhoun 11 May 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
3921		 JSU
Delphinium ajacis Linnaeus
ALNHS00004764 Lee 23 Jun 2014 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3020		 ALNHS
Delphinium ajacis L.
JSU128149 Calhoun 7 May 1986 Barber, J. Patrick
1783		 JSU
Delphinium ajacis Linnaeus
ALNHS00006410 Morgan 30 Apr 2019 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4509		 ALNHS
Consolida ajacis (L.) Schur
UWAL0011873 Sumter 09 May 2012 Keener, Brian R.
7247		 UWAL
Delphinium ajacis Linnaeus
UWAL0048299 Franklin 21 May 1988 Webb, David H.
5347		 UWAL
Consolida ajacis L.
JSU128153 Calhoun 9 May 1973 Whetstone, R. David
RDW-1199		 JSU
Delphinium ajacis Linnaeus
UNA00030347 St. Clair 24 Jun 1951 Hollis, C.G.
s.n.		 UNA
Consolida ambigua (L.) P.W. Ball & Heywood
JSU128145 Calhoun 4 Jun 1993 Ballard, J. Mark
2735		 JSU
Delphinium ajacis Linnaeus
TROY000008138 Barbour 14 May 1995 Herring, Tameka
1		 TROY
Consolida ajacis (Linnaeus) Schur
JSU128162 Marshall 12 Apr 1955 Davidson, Edward
s.n.		 JSU
Delphinium ajacis Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_22096 Lee 26 May 1970 Shehane, Ronnie
173		 AUA
Consolida Ajacis (L.) Schur
JSU128152 Calhoun 9 May 1973 Whetstone, R. David
RDW-1199		 JSU
Delphinium ajacis Linnaeus
JSU128163 St. Clair 7 May 1974 Atkinson, Tim A.
198		 JSU
Delphinium ajacis Linnaeus
UNA00030342 Greene 15 May 1965 Naugle, Helen E.
G-5		 UNA
Consolida ambigua (L.) P.W. Ball & Heywood
AUA_ACC_2252 Lee 15 May 1949 Wood, Paul A.
S.N.		 AUA
Consolida Ajacis (L.) Schur
JSU128159 Jackson 1 Jun 1993 Whetstone, R. David
s.n.		 JSU
Delphinium ajacis Linnaeus
JSU128165 Winston 7 Jun 1975 Whetstone, R. David
4490		 JSU
Delphinium ajacis Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_12800 Escambia 30 Apr 1967 Barrick, William E.
S.N.		 AUA
Consolida Ajacis (L.) Schur
JSU128151 Calhoun 30 May 1972 Whetstone, R. David
RDW-892		 JSU
Delphinium ajacis Linnaeus
UNA00030372 DeKalb 29 May 1942 Harper, Roland M.
3886		 UNA
Consolida ambigua (L.) P.W. Ball & Heywood
UNA00060651 Tuscaloosa 08 May 1965 Rees, Fred
FR 54		 UNA
Delphinium ajacis L.
JSU128161 Marshall 1 May 1955 Davidson, Buddy
s.n.		 JSU
Delphinium ajacis Linnaeus
USAM000013378 Mobile 16 May 1969 Cline, Gail H.
s.n.		 USAM
Delphinium ajacis Linnaeus
TROY000008140 Pike 01 May 1989 Blanton, Lola M.
s.n.		 TROY
Consolida ajacis (Linnaeus) Schur
JSU128156 DeKalb 9 Jun 1976 Whetstone, R. David
8457		 JSU
Delphinium ajacis Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_41723 Pike 17 May 1973 Botts, Daniel A.
133		 AUA
Consolida Ajacis (L.) Schur
JSU128164 Talladega 30 May 1973 Whetstone, R. David
RDW-1198		 JSU
Delphinium ajacis Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_19407 Houston 25 May 1971 Moore, Harold D.
1162		 AUA
Consolida Ajacis (L.) Schur
JSU128148 Calhoun 12 May 1986 Lawler, Carol L.
463		 JSU
Delphinium ajacis Linnaeus
JSU128158 Jackson 1 Jun 1993 Whetstone, R. David
s.n.		 JSU
Delphinium ajacis Linnaeus
JSU128160 Marshall 4 Jun 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
1883		 JSU
Delphinium ajacis Linnaeus
SAMF0001700 Sumter 09 May 2012 Keener, Brian R.
7247		 SAMF
Consolida ajacis (Linnaeus) Schur
UWAL0032512 Colbert 19 May 2016 England, J. Kevin
6395		 UWAL
Delphinium ajacis Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_42231 Lee 17 Jun 1972 Eudaly, Edwin M.
16		 AUA
Consolida Ajacis (L.) Schur
JSU128146 Calhoun 12 May 1986 Lawler, Carol L.
457		 JSU
Delphinium ajacis Linnaeus
UNA00030327 Madison 11 Jun 1979 Meigs, Russell A.
135		 UNA
Delphinium ajacis L.
JSU128154 Cherokee 29 May 1993 Ballard, J. Mark
2732		 JSU
Delphinium ajacis Linnaeus
USAM000013377 Mobile 21 May 1969 LeLong, Michel G.
5119		 USAM
Delphinium ajacis Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_24047 Macon 23 May 1972 Freeman, John D.
798		 AUA
Consolida Ajacis (L.) Schur
JSU128147 Calhoun 12 May 1986 Lawler, Carol L.
463		 JSU
Delphinium ajacis Linnaeus
TROY000008139 DeKalb 19 May 2002 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11298		 TROY
Consolida ajacis (Linnaeus) Schur
JSU128155 Cherokee 29 May 1993 Ballard, J. Mark
2732		 JSU
Delphinium ajacis Linnaeus
UNA00048664 Geneva 27 May 1979 Lee, Larry
45		 UNA
Delphinium ajacis L.
AUA_ACC_11353 Chambers 20 May 1967 Golden, Michael
143		 AUA
Consolida Ajacis (L.) Schur
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