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|accepted_name=Delphinium tricorne
|accepted_authority=Michaux
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.,
|place=314. 1803
|year=1803
}}
|common_names=Dwarf larkspur
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|hierarchy=Ranunculaceae;Delphinium;Delphinium sect. Diedropetala;Delphinium subsect. Grumosa;Delphinium tricorne
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ranunculaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Delphinium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Delphinium sect. Diedropetala]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subsection</small>[[Delphinium subsect. Grumosa]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Delphinium tricorne]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>20-60 cm; base often reddish, nearly glabrous. <b>Leaves</b> mostly on proximal 1/3 of stem; basal leaves 0-4 at anthesis; cauline leaves 2-8 at anthesis; petiole 4-12 cm. <b>Leaf</b> blade round, 2-8 × 4-12 cm, nearly glabrous; ultimate lobes 3-18, 5 or more extending more than 3/5 distance to petiole, width 2-10 mm (basal), 4-10 mm (cauline), widest at middle or in proximal 1/2. <b>Inflorescences</b> 5-15(-30)-flowered, less than 3 times longer than wide; pedicel 1-2.5 cm, puberulent; bracteoles 1-4(-6) mm from flowers, green, linear, 3-5 mm, puberulent. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals deep bluish purple to pink or white, puberulent, lateral sepals spreading, 11-19 × 4-7 mm, spurs straight, within 30° of horizontal, 13-16 mm; lower petal blades ± covering stamens, blue, except sometimes in white-flowered plants, 6-10 mm, clefts 0.5-2 mm; hairs sparse, mostly centered near junction of blade and claw, white. <b>Fruits</b> 14-22 mm, 4-4.5 times longer than wide, nearly glabrous. <b>Seeds</b> unwinged; surface of each seed coat cell with 1-5 small, swollen, elongate, blunt, hairlike structures, barely visible at 20×, otherwise smooth. <b>2n</b> = 16.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Slopes in deciduous forests, thicket edges, moist prairies
|elevation=10-1500 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p><i>Delphinium tricorne</i> is the most commonly encountered larkspur east of the Great Plains.</p><!--
--><p>The Cherokee prepared infusions of <i>Delphinium tricorne</i> to ingest for heart problems, although they believed the roots of the plant made cows drunk and killed them (D. E. Moerman 1986).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Delphinium tricorne
|authority=Michaux
|rank=species
|parent rank=subsection
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Ranunculaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Slopes in deciduous forests, thicket edges, moist prairies
|elevation=10-1500 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.,
|publication year=1803
|special status=Endemic;Illustrated
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_891.xml
|genus=Delphinium
|section=Delphinium sect. Diedropetala
|subsection=Delphinium subsect. Grumosa
|species=Delphinium tricorne
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