SLIM LARKSPUR 



Delphinium depauperatum Nuttall 



The brilliant color of slim larkspurs in mountain meadows filled 

 us with delight, and when they were in company with Alberta paint- 

 brush, bur-forget-me-not, and heliotrope valerian, all in full bloom, 

 we were able to appreciate the full beauty of nature's garden. In some 

 places slim larkspur occurred in pure stands so that the meadows 

 were blue with them. They are poisonous to cattle, which eat the 

 young shoots in early spring, and the districts where they grow can- 

 not be used for pasture. The name Delphinium was given to this genus 

 of plants from a fancied resemblance of the flower to a dolphin. The 

 larkspurs belong to the Buttercup Family. 



Slim larkspur ranges from Montana to California and Oregon and 

 northward to Alberta. 



The plants sketched were obtained near Wild Flower Camp, 

 twenty-five miles by trail from Lake Louise, Alberta, at an altitude 

 of 6,000 feet. 



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