Delphinium parishii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Ranunculales |
Family: | Ranunculaceae |
Genus: | Delphinium |
Species: | D. parishii
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Binomial name | |
Delphinium parishii |
Delphinium parishii, the desert larkspur, is a flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae (the buttercup family) native to the Mojave Desert, in the southwestern United States and northwest Mexico.[1] In Southern California it is also found in the Tehachapi Mountains, Transverse Ranges, and eastern Sierra Nevada.[2]
It is found in desert scrub between 300–2,500 metres (980–8,200 ft) of elevation in California, Arizona, southwestern Utah, and Baja California.[1]