BUTTERCUP FAMILY
Delphinium peregrinum(VIOLET LARKSPURE)
(Hezaren) (fremder Rittersporn)
Ranunculaceae
Annual herbs. Stem upto 60 cm, adpressedpubescent or glabrous.
Leaves alternate; median cauline leaves dissected; upper cauline leaves linear-lanceolate. Racemes lax or dense. Bracts about as long as pedicels. Petals dusky violet, up to 25 mm. Follicles oblong, 5-9 mm, often pilose. Poisionous. Fl. June-August. Calcerous slopes, fallow fields, vineyards, etc.
Es. Mediterranean area, eastwards to N. Iraq, N.W.&W. Iran.
