Flora of North America species comparison

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Delphinium sect. Elatopsis
Roots

20-60 cm, fibrous, dry;

buds more than 3 mm.
Stems

2-8 per root;

base firmly attached to root.
Leaves

cauline, gradually reduced into bracts.
Flowers

sepals blue, purple, or white;

lower petal blades less than 1/5 length of lateral sepals, darker colored than lateral sepals.

Delphinium sect. Elatopsis
Source FNA vol. 3, p. 197.
Parent taxa Ranunculaceae > Delphinium
Subordinate taxa
Name authority Huth: Bull. Herb. Boissier 1: 330. (1893)
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