Roots 2-80 cm, tuberlike or fibrous, dry or fleshy; buds often less than 3 mm. Stems 1-8(-19) per root; base firmly attached to root or not. Leaves cauline and/or in basal rosette, gradually or abruptly reduced into bracts. Flowers: sepals blue, purple, white, red, or yellow; lower petal blades often same color as lateral sepals, usually greater than 1/5 length of lateral sepals (exceptions in red- and yellow-flowered species).

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Delphinium subsect. Bicoloria, Delphinium subsect. Depauperata, Delphinium subsect. Echinata, Delphinium subsect. Exaltata, Delphinium subsect. Grumosa, Delphinium subsect. Multiplex, Delphinium subsect. Subscaposa, Delphinium subsect. Virescens, Delphinium subsect. Wislizenana