Common name: Larkspur
Consolida ajacis (L.) Schur APNI* Description: Pubescent herb with erect, branched or unbranched stems to 1 m high.
Leaves mostly cauline, 2–4 cm long and wide, divided into linear segments; petiolate.
Sepals 10–14 mm long, bright blue or rarely white or pink, spur 13–18 mm long.
Fruit 15–20 mm long.
Flowering: spring to summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Cultivated horticulturally, rarely naturalized in Goulburn district. Native of Medit. region.
NSW subdivisions: *ST
Other Australian states: *S.A.
This introduced species was previously referred to here as Consolida ambigua (L.) P.W.Ball & Heywood, but this name was misapplied (see notes in the Flora of Australia) (H. Sauquet, 2019).
Text by B. G. Briggs & R. O. Makinson
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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