Ranunculaceae
Doubtful knight's-spur
Delphinium ajacis
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Delphinium
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Common names
By language (26)
- Arabic
- عايق, عايق عصوي, مهماز, العائق, لسان العصفور
- Armenian
- Դելֆին արևելյան
- Azerbaijani
- Şərq üsgüyotu
- Chinese
- 飞燕草, 东方飞燕草
- Croatian
- Vrtni kokotić
- Czech
- Ostrožka východní, Ostrožka zahradní
- Dutch
- Valse ridderspoor, Tuinridderspoor
- English
- Doubtful knight's-spur, Oriental knight's-spur, Delphinium, Larkspur
- Estonian
- Aed-varesjalg, Ida-varesjalg
- Finnish
- Tarhakukonkannus, Idänkukonkannus
- French
- Éperon de chevalier
- German
- Garten-Feldrittersporn, Garten-Rittersporn, Gartenrittersporn, Hyazinthenblütiger Sommerrittersporn
- grc
- Δελφίνιον
- hsb
- Narańši wotrožnik, Zahrodny wotrožnik
- Hungarian
- Keleti szarkaláb
- Japanese
- チドリソウ
- kw
- Paw ahwesydh
- Latin
- Cosmosandalum
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Hyasintridderspore
- pcd
- Pyidaloehéte, Époron`d chévalhié
- Polish
- Ostróżeczka ogrodowa, Ostróżeczka wschodnia
- Slovak
- Ostrôžka východná
- Slovenian
- Vrtna ostrožica, Vzhodna ostrožica
- Spanish
- Espuela de caballero, Espuelas de caballero
- Swedish
- Romersk riddarsporre, Sommarriddarsporre
- Welsh
- Troed yr ehedydd, Llysiau'r hedydd
Synonyms
- Ceratostanthus ajacis (L.) Schur
- Consolida ajacis (L.) Schur
- Consolida gayana (Wilmott) M.Laínz
- Consolida orientalis Schrödinger
- Delphinium addendum W.R.McNab
- Delphinium ajacis f. alba R.H.Cheney
- Delphinium ajacis var. orientale (Gay) Finet & Gagnep.
- Delphinium ambiguum Mill.
- Delphinium azureum Newb.
- Delphinium gayanum Wilmott
- Delphinium orientale J.Gay
- Delphinium ornatum C.D.Bouché
- Delphinium pauciflorum D.Don
- Delphinium simplex Salisb.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to July (from 269 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Oscar C. González Martínez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: pavlaki1968, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: bernhard_hiller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: olmagon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alberto Salguero, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Adrien Cozannet, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: jamie-aa, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: jyoung2399, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Светлана Хапугина, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.