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Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon

Bayer Code : cnsre

Scientific name: Consolida regalis S.F. Gray


Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Delphinium consolida L.

Classification: Ranunculaceae, Dicotyledonous

Common name: forking larkspur

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Acker-Rittersporn ; ES : consuelda real ; FR : pied d' alouette ; IT : speronella consolida ; PT : consólida-real ; EN : forking larkspur ;

Biological type: Annual


Seed snapshot Seed:

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Seedling snapshotSeedling snapshot Seedling:

- Cotyledons elliptic or ovate, acuminate, sessile.

- Leaves divided, palmate.


Adult plant snapshot Adult plant snapshot Adult plant:

- Height: 20-50cm. Plant almost glabrous.

- Stem erect, branched, bristled with short and spreading hairs.

- Basal leaves in rosette, sparsely leaved; 3-lobed leaves. Upper leaves deeply palmate, long-stalked. Leaves pinnate cut into numerous narrow-linear segments.

- Flowers light- or dark-blue in lax panicles, few-flowered. Flowers with a long pedicel. Posterior sepal prolonged into a spur, 2 nectar -secreting petals with spurs contained within the sepal spur. Only one glabrous carpel.

- Fruits glabrous. Seed 2 mm long, dark-brown, rough, undulate with transverse scales and wrinkles.

- Plant irritant and vermifuge.

- Biological type: annual.


Ecological profile (click on flags): Germany   Rare     France  Present     Italy  Rare    

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