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.
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Is it poisonous?
Toxic. The note covers its whole genus. Larkspur; diterpenoid alkaloids, young plants and seeds especially Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Delphinium viridescens — toxic
- Delphinium hansenii — toxic
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Ranunculales
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Delphinium
- Species
- Delphinium californicum
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