Ranunculaceae

Candle larkspur

Delphinium elatum L.

Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Delphinium

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Candle larkspur (Delphinium elatum) — FlowerPhoto: Denis Bastianelli, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (22)

Arabic: عائق خلاب
arz: عائق خلاب
azb: هۆندور ماهمیزچیچک
Azerbaijani: Hündür mahmızçiçək
Belarusian: Рагулькі высокія
Bulgarian: Висока ралица
Chinese: 高翠雀花, 杂种飞燕草, 美女翠雀花
Czech: Stračka vyvýšená
Dutch: Esperó muntanyenc
English: Candle larkspur
Estonian: Kõrge kukekannus
Finnish: Isoritarinkannus
French: Dauphinelle élevée
German: Hoher Rittersporn, Kleiner Gartenrittersporn
hsb: Wysoki wotrožnik
Latvian: Augstais gaiļpiesis
Macedonian: Обична мамуза, Висока мамуза
Malayalam: ഡെൽഫിനിയം ഇലാറ്റം
Norwegian Bokmål: Hageridderspore
Polish: Ostróżka wyniosła, Ostróżka ogrodowa
Russian: Живокость высокая, Дельфиниум высокий
Swedish: Stor riddarsporre

Synonyms

Delphinastrum elatum (L.) Spach
Delphinastrum hybridum (L.) Spach
Delphinastrum urceolatum (Jacq.) Nieuwl.
Delphinium alopecuroides W.Bull ex K.Koch
Delphinium alpinum var. hebecarpum Kulikov
Delphinium atropurpureum Pall.
Delphinium belladonna (Kelw.) Bergmans
Delphinium clusianum Host
Delphinium cryophilum Nevski
Delphinium davuricum Georgi
Delphinium elatum f. grandiflorum Serg.
Delphinium elatum f. parviflorum Serg.
Delphinium elatum f. productum Serg.
Delphinium elatum subsp. bosniacum (Pawł.) Starm.
Delphinium elatum subsp. cryophilum (Nevski) Jurtzev
Delphinium elatum subsp. macrotepalum Starm.
Delphinium elatum subsp. pubicaule (Borbás) Dostál
Delphinium elatum subsp. tiroliense (A.Kern. ex Dalla Torre) Hegi
Delphinium elatum var. alpinum Serg.
Delphinium elatum var. belladonna Kelway
Delphinium elatum var. bosniacum Pawł.
Delphinium elatum var. giganteum Serg.
Delphinium elatum var. glabrum Serg.
Delphinium elatum var. gracile Serg.
Delphinium elatum var. grandifolium Serg.
Delphinium elatum var. pubicaule Borbás
Delphinium elisabethae var. eglandulosum Kem.-Nath.
Delphinium gratum Hoffmanns.
Delphinium hirsutum Pers.
Delphinium hispidum Steven ex DC.
Delphinium hybridum L.
Delphinium intermedium [Soland.]
Delphinium kioviense Besser ex Nyman
Delphinium macrotepalum (Starm.) Landolt
Delphinium mixtum Loisel.
Delphinium palmatifidum DC.
Delphinium speciosum Janka ex Nyman
Delphinium tauricum Pall. ex M.Bieb.
Delphinium tiroliense Kern. ex Dalla Torre
Delphinium urceolatum Jacq.

Flowers

In flower: July to August (from 279 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

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

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Denis Bastianelli, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Алексей Ябс, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Alessia Guggisberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Björn S., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ульяна Лалак, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Katarzyna Prygiel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Yeskendir Satekov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Valérie75 assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Chérif-Jacques Allali, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Marina Potapova, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.