What is Delphinium?

Delphinium is a genus flowering plants native throughout the northern hemisphere and in parts of Africa. It is equipped with stems covered with flowers that bloom from late spring throughout the summer and can be blue, red, purple, yellow or white. There are about 250 different types of dolphinia in annual, biennials and permanent varieties. Delphinium is also commonly called Larkspur, Lark's Claw, Lark's heel and Knight's Spur. Delphinium flowers are hollow and five -eager, at the end of the promontory. The plant also has a small, glossy black seeds. All parts of the plant are poisonous and eating it can cause vomiting and in extreme cases death. Some conditions that have been treated with dolphinium insects, parasitic contamination, drops and asthma. It was also historically used for eye complaints and is associated with Saint Odile, the patron saint of eye and ears. Many cultivars were specially developed for a garden with strongly grouped, distinctive flowers. The juice of dolphin flowers can also be made in a blue ink by mixing with stonem.

Two types of Delphinium originating in California, Yellow Larkspur and Baker's Larkspur are critically endangered and focused on protection efforts. In the first years of the 21st century, the road crews of the Baker population were destroyed by the Lkspur population, and it is currently known that only 35 members of the species exist. It is assumed that there are less than 100 yellow individuals Larkspur.

cattle in the Western United States is often motivated by a naturally growing dolphin. Because the plants are less dangerous when they are not in flowering, ranking often limits cattle to lower height ranges where Delphinium does not grow during the spring and summer months.