2888

Forb
Perennial

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA - SC

Rare

Look for it in rocky woodlands, on granite outcrops, Altamaha Grit outcrops, blackland prairies, moist sandy woodlands associated with longleaf pine, per Weakley's Flora

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...Moist ...Dry

LEAVES:
Simple: deeply divided into many narrow segments < 2mm wide
Alternate (basal leaves absent or withered at flowering)

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue, whitish-blue
Not symmetrical
5 sepals (one of them spurred)
Four petals
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Follicle

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• All About South Carolina Wildflowers p141
• Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p416
• Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p013

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Delphinium carolinianum ssp. carolinianum   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Delphinium carolinianum ssp. carolinianum   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

(?) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-03-003:
Delphinium carolinianum   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Delphinium carolinianum var. carolinianum

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Delphinium carolinianum