Plants Profile for Delphinium occidentale

General Information
Symbol:	DEOC
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Ranunculaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	L48 N
Data Source and Documentation

	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©G.A. Cooper. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. United States, WY, Yellowstone National Park, Yellowstone Lake. Usage Requirements.

Sheri Hagwood. USDI Bureau of Land Management (BLM). United States, ID, Bureau of Land Management Jarbidge Resource Area. June 27, 2007. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
DECU5	Delphinium cucullatum A. Nelson
DEELO	Delphinium elatum L. var. occidentale S. Watson
DEOCC	Delphinium occidentale (S. Watson) S. Watson ssp. cucullatum (A. Nelson) Ewan
DEOCQ	Delphinium occidentale (S. Watson) S. Watson ssp. quercicola Ewan
DEOCC2	Delphinium occidentale (S. Watson) S. Watson var. cucullatum (A. Nelson) R.J. Davis
DESCO	Delphinium scopulorum A. Gray ssp. occidentale (S. Watson) Abrams

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Ranunculales
Family	Ranunculaceae – Buttercup family
Genus	Delphinium L. – larkspur
Species	Delphinium ×occidentale (S. Watson) S. Watson (pro sp.) [barbeyi × glaucum]

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

U.S. Weed Information
Delphinium ×occidentale [barbeyi × glaucum] duncecap larkspur This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
WSWS	Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al.. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America
Arid West	FACU
Great Plains	UPL
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	FACU