Candle larkspur
ഡെൽഫിനിയം ഇലാറ്റം
Delphinium elatum L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- —
- tall
- 1.5 m
- wide
- 76 cm
Ranunculaceae
Formerly Delphinastrum elatum
When it flowers
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Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNC State Extension lists it as poisonous (flowers, leaves, stems) (25 Oct 2026)
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- European Mts. to MongoliaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Height
- 1.4 m to 1.7 mRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: NC State Extension 3–5 ft; Wikipedia 1.8–1.8 m
- Spread
- 61 cm to 91 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- BlueRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension blue; Wikipedia blue, cream, pink, purple, white
- Coldest it survives
- -30 °C (USDA zone 4b)Read from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: NC State Extension -40 °C; Wikipedia -20 °C
Not known yet: water, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (5)
- Czech
- stračka vyvýšená
- Finnish
- isoritarinkannus
- Chinese
- 杂种飞燕草
- Simplified Chinese
- 高翠雀花
- Malayalam
- ഡെൽഫിനിയം ഇലാറ്റം
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Delphinium elatum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.