Taxon: Consolida ajacis (L.) Schur

Common names:

• eastern larkspur   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• larkspur   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  
• rocket larkspur   (Source: Hortus 3 [as C. ambigua]) – English
  
• Gartenrittersporn   (Source: Zander ed14 ) – German
  
• romersk riddarsporre   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide F Eur ed2; Dict Gard, as C. ambigua)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  

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Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Cyprus; Turkey
• EUROPE
  East Europe: Ukraine - Krym
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Greece [incl. Crete]; Italy; Macedonia; Montenegro; Romania; Serbia; Slovenia
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]

• widely naturalized in temperate regions

• widely cultivated in temperate regions

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. [= D. ajacis L. emend. Gay].
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. [more or less naturalized].
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist.
• Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
• Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972–. Atlas florae europaeae.
• Jiangsu Inst. Bot., ed. v. 1; Shan. R. H., ed. v. 2. 1977–1982. Jiangsu Zhiwuzhi (Flora of Jiangsu).
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. [= C. ambigua].
• Molero & C. Blanche. 1984. A propósito de los géneros Aconitum L. y Consolida (DC.) S.F. Cagray en la Península Ibérica. Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 41:217.
• Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, second edition.

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Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Consolida ajacis.

Synonyms:

• (=) Consolida ambigua auct.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (≡) Delphinium ajacis L. (basionym)
  (previously associated with 9 accessions)
• (=) Delphinium ambiguum auct.
  
• (=) Delphinium gayanum Wilmott
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)

Check other web resources for Consolida ajacis (L.) Schur:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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