Ranunculaceae
Twolobe larkspur
Delphinium nuttallianum
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Delphinium
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 牛毒翠雀花
- English
- Twolobe larkspur
Synonyms
- Delphinastrum nelsonii (Greene) Nieuwl.
- Delphinastrum nuttallianum Nieuwl.
- Delphinium bicolor var. nelsonii (Greene) K.C.Davis
- Delphinium decorum var. nevadense S.Watson
- Delphinium dumetorum Greene
- Delphinium leonardii Rydb.
- Delphinium menziesii var. utahense S.Watson
- Delphinium nelsonii Greene
- Delphinium nelsonii f. dumetorum (Greene) Ewan
- Delphinium nelsonii f. pinetorum (Tidestr.) Ewan
- Delphinium nelsonii subsp. utahense (S.Watson) Ewan
- Delphinium nuttallianum var. levicaule C.L.Hitchc.
- Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum
- Delphinium nuttallianum var. pilosum C.L.Hitchc.
- Delphinium pauciflorum var. depauperatum A.Gray
- Delphinium pauciflorum var. nevadense A.Gray
- Delphinium pinetorum Tidestr.
- Delphinium sonnei Greene
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, 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.