W63 



DUNCECAP LARKSPUR 



Delphi'nium occidenta'le, syns. D. abieto'rum, D. cuculla'tum 



Flowers grayish blue, blue or purplish, 

 irregular, stalked, numerous, in a dense, 

 often branched, end cluster (raceme) 



Outer flower parts (sepals) 5, petal- 

 like, irregular, hairy, upper one pro- 

 duced backward into a hollow spur, 

 often so tipped as to suggest a dunce 

 cap. 



Petals small, in 2 pairs; upper pair 

 yellowish, . spurlike, enclosed in sepal 

 spur; lower pair with broad, wavy- 

 margined lobes; stamens numerous 



Stems stout, hollow, leafy, erect, up 

 to 6 ft. tall, usually hairless below but 

 grayish with fine, closely pressed hairs 

 above 



Leaves alternate, mostly 6- to 7- 

 divided; divisions usually lance-shaped 

 or diamond-shaped, finely hairy to hairy 



Seed pods (follicles) usually 3 (some- 

 times 5), straight, about J^ in. long, 

 from sparingly sticky-hairy to densely 

 hairy, each tipped by short, persistent, 

 threadlike stalk (style), splitting down 

 along inside ridge 



Root ^stout, woody, perennial 



