Eldorado larkspur

Delphinium hansenii is a species of larkspur known by the common names Eldorado larkspur and Hansen's delphinium. It is endemic to California, where it grows in mountains, valleys, and desert from the southern Cascade Range to the Mojave Desert.

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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 gypsophilum — toxic
• Delphinium hesperium — toxic
• Delphinium umbraculorum — toxic
• Delphinium californicum — toxic

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ranunculales

Family

Ranunculaceae

Genus

Delphinium

Species

Delphinium hansenii

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