Delphinium decorum subsp. decorum

Coast larkspur, Coast Larkspur

Family: Ranunculaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Coast larkspur is a California native perennial found in northern coastal and San Francisco Bay bioregions in open coastal grassland and chaparral at elevations below 200 meters. Flowering from March to May, this plant produces blue to purple flowers with distinctive spurs 13 to 19 millimeters long. Growing with relatively short stems 8 to 35 centimeters tall and standing erectly, it has a delicate, upright form. Its leaves are distinctively divided, typically featuring five deep lobes that extend more than halfway to the leaf petiole. The inflorescence is softly puberulent, giving the flowering stems a subtly textured appearance.

Habitat: Open coastal grassland, chaparral

Bloom period: Mar-May

Elevation: < 200 m

Bioregions: NCo, SnFrB.

California counties: Marin, Monterey, San Mateo, Humboldt, San Francisco, Sonoma, Santa Cruz, Del Norte

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.