Ranunculaceae

Little larkspur

Delphinium bicolor Nutt.

Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Delphinium

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Little larkspur: Little larkspur is a short statured (less than 1 foot tall) and mostly single-stemmed perennial in open dry sites (e.g., mountain big sagebrush steppe) of this — Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English: Little larkspur

Synonyms

Delphinium bicolor f. bicolor
Delphinium bicolor f. de-vriesii B.Boivin
Delphinium bicolor f. helleri (Rydb.) Ewan
Delphinium bicolor f. mccallae Ewan
Delphinium bicolor f. montanense (Rydb.) Ewan
Delphinium bicolor subsp. bicolor
Delphinium bicolor var. montanense Rydb.
Delphinium bicolor var. typicum Huth
Delphinium helleri Rydb.
Plectrornis bicolor (Nutt.) Lunell
Plectrornis bicolor var. montanense (Rydb.) Lunell

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.