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Edwards's Botanical Register · Tab. 38 · 1838 · Sarah Anne Drake · public domain

# Delphinium Tourn. ex L.

delphiniums and larkspurs · Ranunculaceae

- **Accepted name:** Delphinium Tourn. ex L.
- **First published:** Sp. Pl.: 530 (1753)
- **Family:** Ranunculaceae
- **Accepted species:** 546 (including 7 natural hybrids)
- **Native range:** 154 TDWG regions, temperate and subtropical Old World, and North America
- **Common names:** delphiniums and larkspurs, larkspurs and delphiniums
- **Databases:** [POWO](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:328251-2) · [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/n/328251-2) · [WCVP](https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/2232/taxon/2759373) · [Catalogue of Life](https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/42R2) · [GBIF](https://www.gbif.org/species/3033687)

## Overview

Delphinium belongs to the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae; Kew gives its native range as the temperate and subtropical Old World and North America. The florist’s “larkspurs and delphiniums” cover both the perennial delphiniums and the annual larkspur: WCVP has merged Consolida into Delphinium, so the common annual larkspur is now Delphinium ajacis L.

The RHS describes perennial delphiniums as tall plants with vivid flower spikes in early summer, good in borders and as cut flowers. Garden groups include the Elatum Group (the tallest spikes), the Belladonna Group (loosely branched with many side spikes, particularly good for cutting) and the Pacific hybrids (similar to Elatum but smaller overall). The Elatum Group takes its name from D. elatum, which WCVP records as native from central Europe to Siberia, Mongolia and Xinjiang.

## Classification and characters

Linnaeus published the genus in Species Plantarum in 1753. Flora Zambesiaca describes annual or perennial herbs with palmately divided leaves and racemes or panicles of zygomorphic flowers; the five petal-like sepals are the showiest part, the back one drawn out into a spur; there are two to five petals, the two at the back also spurred, more or less joined and fitting into the sepal spur; stamens are numerous; and one to five carpels ripen into follicles.

The plate above is from Edwards’s Botanical Register (1838), plate 38, named in the text Delphinium intermedium var. palmatifidum; WCVP places D. intermedium under D. elatum.

| Genus name | Published in |
| --- | --- |
| Aconitella Spach | Hist. Nat. Vég. 7: 358 (1838) |
| Aconitopsis Kem.-Nath. | Trudy Tbilissk. Bot. Inst. 7: 125 (1940) |
| Ceratostanthus Schur | Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 30 (1866) |
| Chienia W.T.Wang | Acta Phytotax. Sin. 9: 103 (1964) |
| Consolida Gray | Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 711 (1821 publ. 1822) |
| Delphinastrum Spach | Hist. Nat. Vég. 7: 336 (1838) |
| Diedropetala Galushko | Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 13: 251 (1976) |
| Phledinium Spach | Hist. Nat. Vég. 7: 351 (1838) |
| Phtirium Raf. | Précis Découv. Somiol.: 29 (1814) |
| Plectrornis Raf. ex Lunell | Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 361 (1916) |
| Pseudodelphinium H.Duman, Vural, Aytaç & Adıgüzel | Turkish J. Bot. 36: 428 (2012) |

## Distribution

WCVP records the genus as native to 154 TDWG botanical regions and introduced in 29 more.

Native regions (154)

AfghanistanAlabamaAlaskaAlbaniaAlbertaAlgeriaAltayAmurArizonaArkansasAssamAustriaBalearesBaltic StatesBelarusBelgiumBritish ColumbiaBulgariaBuryatiyaCaliforniaCameroonCentral European RussiaChina North-CentralChina South-CentralChina SoutheastChitaColoradoCorseCyprusCzechia-SlovakiaDistrict of ColumbiaDjiboutiDR CongoEast Aegean Is.East European RussiaEast HimalayaEgyptEritreaEthiopiaFloridaFranceGeorgiaGermanyGreeceHungaryIdahoIllinoisIndiaIndianaInner MongoliaIowaIranIraqIrkutskItalyKamchatkaKansasKazakhstanKentuckyKenyaKhabarovskKirgizstanKoreaKrasnoyarskKritiKrymKuril Is.Lebanon-SyriaLibyaLouisianaMadeiraMagadanMalawiManchuriaManitobaMarylandMexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SouthwestMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMongoliaMontanaMoroccoMozambiqueMyanmarNebraskaNepalNevadaNew MexicoNigeriaNorth CarolinaNorth CaucasusNorth DakotaNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNorthwest TerritoriesNW. Balkan Pen.OhioOklahomaOmanOregonPakistanPalestinePennsylvaniaPolandPortugalPrimoryeQinghaiRomaniaRwandaSardegnaSaskatchewanSaudi ArabiaSiciliaSinaiSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaSouth European RussiaSpainSudan-South SudanSwitzerlandTadzhikistanTanzaniaTennesseeTexasThailandTibetTranscaucasusTunisiaTürkiyeTürkiye-in-EuropeTurkmenistanTuvaUgandaUkraineUtahUzbekistanVietnamVirginiaWashingtonWest HimalayaWest SiberiaWest VirginiaWestern SaharaWisconsinWyomingXinjiangYakutiyaYukonZambia

### Introduced

Aleutian Is.AzoresBangladeshCanary Is.ConnecticutDelawareDenmarkEcuadorEl SalvadorFinlandGreat BritainGuatemalaHondurasIrelandJapanMassachusettsMichiganNew JerseyNew South WalesNew YorkNew Zealand NorthNew Zealand SouthNorwayOntarioRhode I.South AustraliaSwedenVermontWestern Australia

## Accepted species

WCVP accepts 546 species; names with × are natural hybrids. The count changes with revisions; checked 2026-10-24.

Show all 546 accepted species

| Name | On this site |
| --- | --- |
| Delphinium aconiti L. |   |
| Delphinium acutidentatum (W.T.Wang) N.I.Malyutin |   |
| Delphinium adenopodum W.T.Wang & Zong Zong Yang |   |
| Delphinium aemulans Nevski |   |
| Delphinium afghanicum Rech.f. |   |
| Delphinium ajacis L. |   |
| Delphinium alabamicum Kral |   |
| Delphinium albiflorum DC. |   |
| Delphinium albocoeruleum Maxim. |   |
| Delphinium albomarginatum Simonova |   |
| Delphinium alpestre Rydb. |   |
| Delphinium anatolicum H.Misirdali, Malyer & Baser |   |
| Delphinium andersonii A.Gray |   |
| Delphinium andesicola Ewan |   |
| Delphinium angustipaniculatum W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium anthoroideum Boiss. |   |
| Delphinium anthriscifolium Hance |   |
| Delphinium antoninum Eastw. |   |
| Delphinium apolanum Starm. |   |
| Delphinium aquilegiifolium (Boiss.) Bornm. |   |
| Delphinium araraticum (N.Busch) N.Busch ex Grossh. |   |
| Delphinium arcuatum N.Busch |   |
| Delphinium arenarium (Carlström) Jabbour |   |
| Delphinium armeniacum Stapf ex Huth |   |
| Delphinium atroviolaceum Luferov |   |
| Delphinium aucheri Boiss. |   |
| Delphinium austriacum (Pawł.) Starm. |   |
| Delphinium austroaltaicum A.L.Ebel |   |
| Delphinium autumnale Hand.-Mazz. |   |
| Delphinium axilliflorum DC. |   |
| Delphinium bajacalifornicum Koontz |   |
| Delphinium bakeri Ewan |   |
| Delphinium balansae Boiss. & Reut. |   |
| Delphinium balcanicum Pawł. |   |
| Delphinium barbatum Bunge |   |
| Delphinium barbeyi (Huth) Huth |   |
| Delphinium × barlowii Lindl. |   |
| Delphinium barlykense Lomon. & Khanm. |   |
| Delphinium barrancae Ewan |   |
| Delphinium barykinae Luferov |   |
| Delphinium batalinii Huth |   |
| Delphinium batangense Finet & Gagnep. |   |
| Delphinium beesianum W.W.Sm. |   |
| Delphinium bhutanicum Munz |   |
| Delphinium bicarpellatum Qureshi & Chaudhri |   |
| Delphinium bicolor Nutt. |   |
| Delphinium bicornutum Hemsl. |   |
| Delphinium biternatum Huth |   |
| Delphinium bolosii C.Blanché & Molero |   |
| Delphinium bovei Decne. |   |
| Delphinium brachycentrum Ledeb. |   |
| Delphinium bracteosum Sommier & Levier |   |
| Delphinium brevicorne Vis. |   |
| Delphinium brevisepalum W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium brunonianum Royle |   |
| Delphinium bucharicum Popov |   |
| Delphinium buerjinense W.T.Wang & Zong Zong Yang |   |
| Delphinium bulbilliferum Rech.f. |   |
| Delphinium bulleyanum Forrest ex Diels |   |
| Delphinium × burkei Greene |   |
| Delphinium burmaense Munz |   |
| Delphinium buschianum Grossh. |   |
| Delphinium caeruleum Jacquem. ex Cambess. |   |
| Delphinium calcar-equitis Standl. |   |
| Delphinium californicum Torr. & A.Gray |   |
| Delphinium callichromum Q.L.Gan & Xin W.Li |   |
| Delphinium calophyllum W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium camptocarpum Fisch. & C.A.Mey. |   |
| Delphinium campylocentrum Maxim. |   |
| Delphinium cardinale Hook. |   |
| Delphinium carduchorum Chowdhuri & P.H.Davis |   |
| Delphinium carolinianum Walter |   |
| Delphinium cashmerianum Royle |   |
| Delphinium caucasicum C.A.Mey. |   |
| Delphinium caudatolobum W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium centeteroides (Brühl) Munz |   |
| Delphinium ceratophoroides W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium ceratophorum Franch. |   |
| Delphinium chamissonis Pritz. ex Walp. |   |
| Delphinium changaicum Frizen |   |
| Delphinium changduense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium charadzeae Kem.-Nath. & Gagnidze |   |
| Delphinium chayuense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium cheilanthum Fisch. ex DC. |   |
| Delphinium chodatii Oppenh. |   |
| Delphinium chrysotrichum Finet & Gagnep. |   |
| Delphinium chumulangmaense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium chungbaense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium cilicicum P.H.Davis & Kit Tan |   |
| Delphinium cinereum Boiss. |   |
| Delphinium coelesyriacum (Mouterde) Jabbour |   |
| Delphinium coleopodum Hand.-Mazz. |   |
| Delphinium × confertiflorum Wooton |   |
| Delphinium connectens Pachom. |   |
| Delphinium consolida L. |   |
| Delphinium cooperi Munz |   |
| Delphinium cornutum M.Hossain & P.H.Davis |   |
| Delphinium corymbosum Regel |   |
| Delphinium cossonianum Batt. |   |
| Delphinium crassifolium Schrad. ex Spreng. |   |
| Delphinium crispulum Rupr. |   |
| Delphinium cruciatum M.Hossain & P.H.Davis |   |
| Delphinium cuneatum Spreng. |   |
| Delphinium cyananthum Nevski |   |
| Delphinium cyphoplectrum Boiss. |   |
| Delphinium daochengense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium darginicum Dimitrova |   |
| Delphinium dasyanthum Kar. & Kir. |   |
| Delphinium dasycarpum Steven ex DC. |   |
| Delphinium dasycaulon Fresen. |   |
| Delphinium dasystachyon Boiss. & Balansa |   |
| Delphinium davidii Franch. |   |
| Delphinium davisii Munz |   |
| Delphinium dazangense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium decoloratum Ovcz. & Kochk. |   |
| Delphinium decorum Fisch. & C.A.Mey. |   |
| Delphinium delavayi Franch. |   |
| Delphinium densiflorum Duthie ex Huth |   |
| Delphinium denudatum Wall. ex Hook.f. & Thomson |   |
| Delphinium depauperatum Nutt. |   |
| Delphinium deserti-syriaci Zohary |   |
| Delphinium dicentrum W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium dictyocarpum DC. |   |
| Delphinium dingjieense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium disjunctum Ewan |   |
| Delphinium dissectum Huth |   |
| Delphinium distichum Geyer ex A.Gray |   |
| Delphinium diversifolium Greene |   |
| Delphinium dolichocentroides W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium dolichostachyum Chowdhuri & P.H.Davis |   |
| Delphinium drepanocentrum (Brühl ex Huth) Munz |   |
| Delphinium dubium (Rouy & Foucaud) Pawł. |   |
| Delphinium dzavakhischwilii Kem.-Nath. |   |
| Delphinium ecalcaratum S.Y.Wang & K.F.Zhou |   |
| Delphinium edelbergii Rech.f. & Riedl |   |
| Delphinium eglandulosum Chang Y.Yang & B.Wang |   |
| Delphinium elatum L. | 1 plate |
| Delphinium elbursense Rech.f. |   |
| Delphinium elisabethae N.Busch |   |
| Delphinium emarginatum C.Presl |   |
| Delphinium eriostylum H.Lév. |   |
| Delphinium erlangshanicum W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium exaltatum Aiton |   |
| Delphinium favargeri C.Blanché, Molero & J.Simon |   |
| Delphinium fedorovii Dimitrova |   |
| Delphinium ferganicum Lazkov |   |
| Delphinium filifolium Iranshahr |   |
| Delphinium fissum Waldst. & Kit. |   |
| Delphinium flavum DC. |   |
| Delphinium flexuosum M.Bieb. |   |
| Delphinium foetidum Lomakin |   |
| Delphinium forrestii Diels |   |
| Delphinium furcatocornutum W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium geraniifolium Rydb. |   |
| Delphinium geyeri Greene |   |
| Delphinium giraldii Diels |   |
| Delphinium glabricaule W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium glaciale Hook.f. & Thomson |   |
| Delphinium glandulosum Boiss. & A.Huet |   |
| Delphinium glareosum Greene |   |
| Delphinium glaucescens Rydb. |   |
| Delphinium glaucum S.Watson |   |
| Delphinium gombaultii J.Thiébaut |   |
| Delphinium gonggaense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium gongliuense W.T.Wang & Zong Zong Yang |   |
| Delphinium gracile DC. |   |
| Delphinium gracilentum Greene |   |
| Delphinium grandiflorum L. |   |
| Delphinium griseum Gilli |   |
| Delphinium gubanovii Frizen |   |
| Delphinium gueneri P.H.Davis |   |
| Delphinium gyalanum C.Marquand & Airy Shaw |   |
| Delphinium gypsophilum Ewan |   |
| Delphinium habaheense W.T.Wang & Zong Zong Yang |   |
| Delphinium hajrae Pusalkar |   |
| Delphinium halteratum Sm. |   |
| Delphinium hamatum Franch. |   |
| Delphinium hansenii (Greene) Greene |   |
| Delphinium hellenicum Pawł. |   |
| Delphinium hellesponticum Boiss. |   |
| Delphinium henryi Franch. |   |
| Delphinium heratense Iranshahr |   |
| Delphinium hesperium A.Gray |   |
| Delphinium hillcoatiae Munz |   |
| Delphinium himalayae Munz |   |
| Delphinium hirticaule Franch. |   |
| Delphinium hirtifolium W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium hispanicum Willk. ex Costa |   |
| Delphinium hohenackeri Boiss. |   |
| Delphinium honanense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium hsinganense S.H.Li & Z.F.Fang |   |
| Delphinium huangzhongense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium huashanicum W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium hueizeense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium huetianum Meikle |   |
| Delphinium hui F.H.Chen |   |
| Delphinium humilius (W.T.Wang) W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium hutchinsoniae Ewan |   |
| Delphinium ilgazense P.H.Davis |   |
| Delphinium iliense Huth |   |
| Delphinium imbricatilobum W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium incanum E.D.Clarke |   |
| Delphinium incisolobulatum W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium incisum (Hook.f. & Thomson) Wall. ex Munz |   |
| Delphinium inconspicuum Serg. |   |
| Delphinium × inflexum Davidson |   |
| Delphinium inopinatum Nevski |   |
| Delphinium inopinum (Jeps.) F.H.Lewis & Epling |   |
| Delphinium iranorum N.Busch |   |
| Delphinium iris Ilarslan & Kit Tan |   |
| Delphinium jacobsii Iranshahr |   |
| Delphinium kabulianum Akhtar |   |
| Delphinium kamaonense Huth |   |
| Delphinium kandaharicum (Iranshahr) Jabbour |   |
| Delphinium kansuense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium kantzeense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium karategini Korsh. |   |
| Delphinium keminense Pachom. |   |
| Delphinium khorasanicum Sharifnia & Hasanbarani |   |
| Delphinium kingianum Brühl ex Huth |   |
| Delphinium kitianum Ilarslan |   |
| Delphinium knorringianum B.Fedtsch. |   |
| Delphinium koelzii Munz |   |
| Delphinium kohatense (Brühl) Munz |   |
| Delphinium kolymense A.P.Khokhr. |   |
| Delphinium × kotulae Pawł. |   |
| Delphinium kurdicum Boiss. & Hohen. |   |
| Delphinium lacei Munz |   |
| Delphinium lacostei Danguy |   |
| Delphinium lagarocentrum W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium lagarolobum W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium lahulensis P.Agnihotri, T.Husain & D.Husain |   |
| Delphinium lalesaricum Iranshahr |   |
| Delphinium langxianense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium lanigerum Boiss. |   |
| Delphinium lasiantherum W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium latirhombicum W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium latisepalum Hemsl. |   |
| Delphinium laxicymosum W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium laxiflorum DC. |   |
| Delphinium laxiusculum (Boiss.) Rouy |   |
| Delphinium leiophyllum (W.T.Wang) W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium leonidae Kem.-Nath. |   |
| Delphinium leptocarpum (Nevski) Nevski |   |
| Delphinium leptophyllum Hemsl. |   |
| Delphinium leroyi Franch. ex Huth |   |
| Delphinium leucophaeum Greene |   |
| Delphinium lihengianum Q.E.Yang & Y.Luo |   |
| Delphinium likiangense Franch. |   |
| Delphinium lilacinum Hand.-Mazz. |   |
| Delphinium linarioides Boiss. |   |
| Delphinium lineapetalum Ewan |   |
| Delphinium linearilobum (Trautv.) N.Busch |   |
| Delphinium lineolatum (Hub.-Mor. & C.Simon) Jabbour |   |
| Delphinium lingbaoense S.Y.Wang & Q.S.Yang |   |
| Delphinium lipskii Korsh. |   |
| Delphinium lithophilum Podlech |   |
| Delphinium lomakinii Kem.-Nath. |   |
| Delphinium longibracteatum (Boiss.) Munz |   |
| Delphinium longibracteolatum W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium longipedicellatum W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium longipedunculatum Regel & Schmalh. |   |
| Delphinium longziense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium lorestanicum (Iranshahr) Jabbour |   |
| Delphinium ludingense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium ludlowii Munz |   |
| Delphinium luteum A.Heller |   |
| Delphinium maackianum Regel |   |
| Delphinium macedonicum Halácsy & Charrel |   |
| Delphinium macrocentrum Oliv. |   |
| Delphinium macropetalum DC. |   |
| Delphinium macropogon Prokh. |   |
| Delphinium macrostachyum Boiss. ex Huth |   |
| Delphinium maderense C.Blanché |   |
| Delphinium madrense S.Watson |   |
| Delphinium majus (W.T.Wang) W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium malabaricum (Huth) Munz |   |
| Delphinium malacophyllum Hand.-Mazz. |   |
| Delphinium malyschevii Frizen |   |
| Delphinium mansanetianum Pitarch, Peris & Sanchis |   |
| Delphinium maoxianense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium mariae N.Busch |   |
| Delphinium mauritanicum Coss. |   |
| Delphinium maximowiczii Franch. |   |
| Delphinium medogense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium megalanthum Nevski |   |
| Delphinium menyuyanense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium menziesii DC. |   |
| Delphinium micranthum Boiss. & Hohen. |   |
| Delphinium micropetalum Finet & Gagnep. |   |
| Delphinium middendorffii Trautv. |   |
| Delphinium minutibracteolatum (W.T.Wang) Luferov |   |
| Delphinium mirabile Serg. |   |
| Delphinium molle Danguy |   |
| Delphinium mollifolium W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium mollipilum W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium monanthum Hand.-Mazz. |   |
| Delphinium monogynum W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium montanum DC. |   |
| Delphinium muliense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium multiplex (Ewan) C.L.Hitchc. |   |
| Delphinium munzianum P.H.Davis & Kit Tan |   |
| Delphinium muscosum Exell & Hillc. |   |
| Delphinium nachiczevanicum Tzvelev |   |
| Delphinium nangchienense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium nangziense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium nanum DC. |   |
| Delphinium neowentsaii Chang Y.Yang |   |
| Delphinium nepalense Kitam. & Tamura |   |
| Delphinium newtonianum D.M.Moore |   |
| Delphinium nikitinae Pachom. |   |
| Delphinium nilekeense W.T.Wang & Zong Zong Yang |   |
| Delphinium ninglangshanicum W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium nordhagenii Wendelbo |   |
| Delphinium nortonii Dunn |   |
| Delphinium novomexicanum Wooton |   |
| Delphinium nudicaule Torr. & A.Gray |   |
| Delphinium nurguschense Kulikov |   |
| Delphinium nuristanicum Tamura |   |
| Delphinium nuttallianum Pritz. ex Walp. |   |
| Delphinium nuttallii A.Gray |   |
| Delphinium nydeggeri Hub.-Mor. |   |
| Delphinium obcordatum DC. |   |
| Delphinium occidentale (S.Watson) S.Watson ex J.M.Coult. |   |
| Delphinium ochotense Nevski |   |
| Delphinium ochroleucum Steven ex DC. |   |
| Delphinium oliganthum Boiss. |   |
| Delphinium oliverianum DC. |   |
| Delphinium olopetalum Boiss. |   |
| Delphinium omeiense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium oreganum Howell |   |
| Delphinium oreophilum Huth |   |
| Delphinium orthocentroides W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium orthocentrum Franch. |   |
| Delphinium osseticum N.Busch |   |
| Delphinium ovczinnikovii Kamelin & Pissjauk. |   |
| Delphinium oxycentrum W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium oxysepalum Pax & Borbás |   |
| Delphinium pachycentroides W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium pachycentrum Hemsl. |   |
| Delphinium palasianum Rafiq |   |
| Delphinium pallasii Nevski |   |
| Delphinium pallidiflorum Freyn |   |
| Delphinium paradoxum Bunge |   |
| Delphinium parishii A.Gray |   |
| Delphinium parryi A.Gray |   |
| Delphinium patens Benth. |   |
| Delphinium pavlovii Kamelin |   |
| Delphinium pavonaceum Ewan |   |
| Delphinium pedatisectum Hemsl. |   |
| Delphinium penicillatum Boiss. |   |
| Delphinium pentagynum Lam. |   |
| Delphinium peregrinum L. |   |
| Delphinium pergameneum W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium persicum Boiss. |   |
| Delphinium petrodavisianum Ilarslan & Kit Tan |   |
| Delphinium phrygium Boiss. |   |
| Delphinium pingwuense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium platyonychinum W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium polozhiae A.L.Ebel |   |
| Delphinium poltaratzkii Rupr. |   |
| Delphinium polycladon Eastw. |   |
| Delphinium pomeense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium popovii Pachom. |   |
| Delphinium potaninii Huth |   |
| Delphinium prokhanovii Dimitrova |   |
| Delphinium propinquum Nevski |   |
| Delphinium pseudocaeruleum W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium pseudocampylocentrum W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium pseudocandelabrum W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium pseudocyananthum Chang Y.Yang & B.Wang |   |
| Delphinium pseudoglaciale W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium pseudohamatum W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium pseudomosoynense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium pseudopulcherrimum W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium pseudoscabriflorum Q.Yuan & Q.E.Yang |   |
| Delphinium pseudotongolense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium pseudoyunnanense W.T.Wang & M.J.Warnock |   |
| Delphinium × pskemense Sennikov & Lazkov |   |
| Delphinium pubescens DC. |   |
| Delphinium pulanense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium pumilum W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium puniceum Pall. |   |
| Delphinium purpurascens W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium purpusii Brandegee |   |
| Delphinium pycnocentrum Franch. |   |
| Delphinium pygmaeum Poir. |   |
| Delphinium pylzowii Maxim. ex Regel |   |
| Delphinium pyramidale Royle |   |
| Delphinium pyramidatum Albov |   |
| Delphinium qiaogeliense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium qinghaiense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium quercetorum Boiss. & Hausskn. |   |
| Delphinium quinqueflorum W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium raikovae Pachom. |   |
| Delphinium ramosum Rydb. |   |
| Delphinium rangtangense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium raveyi Boiss. |   |
| Delphinium rechingerorum Iranshahr |   |
| Delphinium recurvatum Greene |   |
| Delphinium retropilosum (Huth) Sambuk |   |
| Delphinium reverdattoanum Polozhij & Revjakina |   |
| Delphinium robustum Rydb. |   |
| Delphinium rotundilimbum W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium roylei Munz |   |
| Delphinium rugulosum Boiss. |   |
| Delphinium ruprechtii Nevski |   |
| Delphinium rutoense J.T.Pan |   |
| Delphinium saccatum Huth |   |
| Delphinium sajanense Jurtzev |   |
| Delphinium samium (P.H.Davis) Jabbour |   |
| Delphinium samurense Murtaz. & Luferov |   |
| Delphinium saniculifolium Boiss. |   |
| Delphinium sapellonis Cockerell |   |
| Delphinium sauricum Schischk. |   |
| Delphinium savatieri Franch. |   |
| Delphinium saxatile W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium scabriflorum D.Don |   |
| Delphinium scaposum Greene |   |
| Delphinium schlagintweitii Huth |   |
| Delphinium schmalhausenii Albov |   |
| Delphinium sclerocladum Boiss. |   |
| Delphinium scopulorum A.Gray |   |
| Delphinium semibarbatum Bien. ex Boiss. |   |
| Delphinium semiclavatum Nevski |   |
| Delphinium shawurense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium sheilae Kit Tan |   |
| Delphinium shenzhaense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium sherriffii Munz |   |
| Delphinium shuichengense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium siamense (Craib) Munz |   |
| Delphinium simonkaianum Pawł. |   |
| Delphinium sinoelatum Chang Y.Yang & B.Wang |   |
| Delphinium sinopentagynum W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium sinoscaposum W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium siwanense Franch. |   |
| Delphinium smithianum Hand.-Mazz. |   |
| Delphinium souliei Franch. |   |
| Delphinium sparsiflorum Maxim. |   |
| Delphinium speciosum M.Bieb. |   |
| Delphinium spirocentrum Hand.-Mazz. |   |
| Delphinium stachydeum (A.Gray) Tidestr. |   |
| Delphinium staminosum (P.H.Davis & Sorger) Jabbour |   |
| Delphinium stapeliosmum Brühl |   |
| Delphinium stapfianum (P.H.Davis & Sorger) Jabbour |   |
| Delphinium stenocarpum M.Hossain & P.H.Davis |   |
| Delphinium stocksianum Boiss. |   |
| Delphinium suave Huth |   |
| Delphinium subcuneatum Tzvelev |   |
| Delphinium subscandens Ewan |   |
| Delphinium subtubulosum (W.T.Wang) Luferov |   |
| Delphinium sulphureum Boiss. & Hausskn. |   |
| Delphinium sutchuenense Franch. |   |
| Delphinium sutherlandii M.J.Warnock |   |
| Delphinium sylvaticum Pomel |   |
| Delphinium syncarpum Freyn ex Stapf |   |
| Delphinium szowitsianum Boiss. |   |
| Delphinium taipaicum W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium taliense Franch. |   |
| Delphinium talyschense Tzvelev |   |
| Delphinium tangkulaense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium tarbagataicum Chang Y.Yang & B.Wang |   |
| Delphinium tatsienense Franch. |   |
| Delphinium teheranicum Boiss. |   |
| Delphinium tenii H.Lév. |   |
| Delphinium tenuisectum Greene |   |
| Delphinium tenuissimum Sm. |   |
| Delphinium tephranthum W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium ternatum Huth |   |
| Delphinium tetanoplectrum Rech.f. |   |
| Delphinium thamarae Kem.-Nath. |   |
| Delphinium thibeticum Finet & Gagnep. |   |
| Delphinium thirkeanum Boiss. |   |
| Delphinium tomentellum N.Busch |   |
| Delphinium tomentosum Aucher ex Boiss. |   |
| Delphinium tongolense Franch. |   |
| Delphinium treleasei Bush |   |
| Delphinium trianthophorum W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium trichophoroides W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium trichophorum Franch. |   |
| Delphinium tricorne Michx. |   |
| Delphinium trifoliolatum Finet & Gagnep. |   |
| Delphinium trigonelloides Boiss. |   |
| Delphinium trigynum (W.T.Wang) W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium trisectum W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium triste Fisch. ex DC. |   |
| Delphinium trolliifolium A.Gray |   |
| Delphinium tuberosum Aucher ex Boiss. |   |
| Delphinium tungusense Kurbatsky |   |
| Delphinium tuntasianum Halácsy |   |
| Delphinium turcicum (H.Duman, Vural, Aytaç & Adıgüzel) F.Espinosa |   |
| Delphinium turczaninowii Frizen |   |
| Delphinium turkmenum Lipsky |   |
| Delphinium uechtritzianum Pančić ex Huth |   |
| Delphinium ukokense Serg. |   |
| Delphinium uliginosum Curran |   |
| Delphinium umbraculorum F.H.Lewis & Epling |   |
| Delphinium umbrosum Hand.-Mazz. |   |
| Delphinium uncinatum Hook.f. & Thomson |   |
| Delphinium ursinum Rech.f. |   |
| Delphinium valens Standl. |   |
| Delphinium variegatum Torr. & A.Gray |   |
| Delphinium venulosum Boiss. |   |
| Delphinium verdunense Balb. |   |
| Delphinium vestitum Wall. ex Royle |   |
| Delphinium villosum Steven ex DC. |   |
| Delphinium virgatum Poir. |   |
| Delphinium viride S.Watson |   |
| Delphinium viridescens Leiberg |   |
| Delphinium viridiovarium W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium viscosum Hook.f. & Thomson |   |
| Delphinium vitifolium Finet & Gagnep. |   |
| Delphinium vvedenskyi Pachom. |   |
| Delphinium wangii M.J.Warnock |   |
| Delphinium wardii C.Marquand & Airy Shaw |   |
| Delphinium weihaiense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium weiningense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium weixiense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium wellbyi Hemsl. |   |
| Delphinium wendelboi Iranshahr |   |
| Delphinium wentsaii Y.Z.Zhao |   |
| Delphinium wilhelminae Iranshahr |   |
| Delphinium williamsii Munz |   |
| Delphinium winklerianum Huth |   |
| Delphinium wislizeni Engelm. |   |
| Delphinium wootonii Rydb. |   |
| Delphinium wrightii F.H.Chen |   |
| Delphinium xanthanthum W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium xantholeucum Piper |   |
| Delphinium xichangense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium xuebaodingense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium × xylorrhizum Rydb. |   |
| Delphinium yanyuanense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium yongdengense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium yongningense W.T.Wang & M.J.Warnock |   |
| Delphinium yuanum F.H.Chen |   |
| Delphinium yuchuanii Y.Z.Zhao |   |
| Delphinium yui Idrees & Z.Yong Zhang |   |
| Delphinium yunnanense (Franch.) Franch. |   |
| Delphinium zalil Aitch. & Hemsl. |   |
| Delphinium zanlanscianense W.G.Zhang & X.Yu Luo |   |
| Delphinium zhanangense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium zhaosuense W.T.Wang & J.C.Chi |   |
| Delphinium zhengyianum Y.Luo & Q.E.Yang |   |
| Delphinium zhouchengense W.T.Wang |   |
| Delphinium zuogongense W.T.Wang |   |

## Historic plates

Plates in date order; the printed names are kept as they appear, current names are on the species pages and the topic page.

- [](https://floreboard.com/plants/plates/bot-reg-1838-38.jpg)Delphinium intermedium var. palmatifidumEdwards's Botanical Register · Tab. 38 · 1838, Sarah Anne Drake

## Growing, cut-flower handling and safety

The RHS advises staking tall cultivars and sheltering them from wind; slugs and snails, which devour young growth in spring, are the main pest to control.

Floralife says cut delphiniums are normally harvested with one or two open florets at the base of the spike. Store at 1–3 °C and 75–85% relative humidity; vase life is 4–12 days. They are highly ethylene-sensitive and shatter, so make sure stems were treated with an ethylene action inhibitor, and avoid stems stored more than three days or already shedding. Vase life in foam is shorter than in a vase; re-cut and hydrate well, ideally overnight, before arranging, and separate stems carefully as the spike tips tangle.

The RHS and the ASPCA both warn that all parts are poisonous. The RHS notes that contact with the foliage may irritate skin; the ASPCA lists Delphinium as toxic to dogs, cats and horses, its diterpene alkaloids causing neuromuscular paralysis, with constipation, colic, salivation, tremors, stiffness, weakness and convulsions, and death from heart failure or respiratory paralysis in severe cases.

## Further reading

- [Flower guide](https://floreboard.com/en/flowers/delphinium/)
- [Reference library](https://floreboard.com/en/library/)

## References

- [WCVP · World Checklist of Vascular Plants (via ChecklistBank dataset 2232)](https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/2232) · accessed 2026-10-24
- [Kew (POWO data on the ColPlanta site) · Delphinium, with genus descriptions from Flora Zambesiaca and Flora of Tropical East Africa](https://colplanta.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:328251-2/general-information)
- [RHS · How to grow perennial delphiniums](https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/delphinium/perennial/growing-guide)
- [Floralife · Delphinium care and handling](https://floralife.com/flowers/delphinium/)
- [ASPCA Animal Poison Control · Larkspur (Delphinium species)](https://www.aspca.org/pet-care/animal-poison-control/toxic-and-non-toxic-plants/larkspur)

Names, places of publication, synonyms and distribution checked against WCVP (2026-10-24); the text follows the cited sources and awaits specialist review.