Delphinium elatum L. is a perennial herbaceous plant in the Ranunculaceae family, with a stem height of approximately 130 cm. The lower part is sparsely covered with short hairs, while the rest is nearly or completely hairless. Ground grown leaves. The lower leaves wither during flowering, with pentagonal kidney shaped leaves and petioles nearly equal in length to the leaves, sparsely covered in short hairs. The inflorescence is up to 20 centimeters long and has densely packed flowers The small bracteoles are narrow linear or linear diamond shaped, with a width of about 0.3 millimeters. Sepals purple blue, ovate or narrowly ovate, petals black, hairless, apex blunt The degenerated stamens are brown in color, with wide ovate petals, and bloom from July to August.
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