Delphinium decorum

Coast larkspur

Family: Ranunculaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Coast larkspur is a California native perennial found in coastal regions in open woodlands and grasslands at low elevations. Flowering from April to June, this plant produces dark blue-purple flowers with distinctive larkspur-shaped blossoms arranged in clusters of 2 to 20 individual flowers. Growing with slender stems 30 to 60 centimeters tall, it develops clustered roots and has a base narrower than its root system. Its leaves are primarily basal, with delicate lobes that are mostly glabrous on top and lightly hairy underneath, occasionally featuring leaf lobes wider than 6 millimeters. The fruit is slightly curved and measures 9 to 20 millimeters long, with bumpy seeds featuring an inflated collar.

California counties: Humboldt, El Dorado, San Mateo, Placer, Trinity, Sonoma, Marin, Mendocino, Santa Clara, San Francisco, Madera, Los Angeles, Santa Cruz, San Benito, Alameda, Napa, Shasta, Del Norte, Tulare, San Diego, Inyo, San Bernardino, Plumas, Santa Barbara, Tuolumne, Contra Costa, Yuba, Mariposa, Monterey, Calaveras, Yolo

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