Delphinium elatum L. (C and NE Eur., C and N As.) – A very rare and ephemeral escape from cultivation. Recorded only once so far, in 1949, in the valley of river Vesdre near Verviers.
Delphinium elatum is a very popular garden plant. Plants in horticulture usually are ‘improved’ cultivars with more numerous sepals, deviating flower color, etc. They are best referred to as D. elatum Group.
Selected literature:
Kulikov P.V. (2000) On the taxonomic structure of the Delphinium elatum aggr. complex (Ranunculaceae) in the Urals (in Russian). Bot. Zhurn. 85(4): 132-136.
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