Delphinium parryi

San bernardino larkspur

Family: Ranunculaceae · Type: perennial · Native

San bernardino larkspur is a California native perennial found in southern California mountain ranges in rocky, open habitats at elevations between 1,000 to 2,500 meters. Flowering from April to July, this plant produces deep blue to purple flowers with distinctive reflexed sepals and a long curved spur. Growing with slender stems 15 to 80 centimeters tall, often with curly hairs at the base, it develops a complex root system occasionally exceeding 10 centimeters deep. Its delicate leaves are finely divided into 5 to 27 narrow lobes, each less than 6 millimeters wide, with a softly hairy texture. The fruit is an elongated capsule 10 to 19 millimeters long, containing slightly bumpy, winged seeds.

California counties: San Luis Obispo, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Orange, San Benito, Riverside, Santa Barbara, San Diego, Monterey, Ventura, Inyo, Fresno, Merced, Kern, Stanislaus, Tulare

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