Delphinium ajacis

ClassificationDicots
FamilyRanunculaceae
Family (Traditional)Ranunculaceae
GenusDelphinium
Species:Delphinium ajacis L.
Common NameDoubtful Knights Spur
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Duration: Annual; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: Blue; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Follicle; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Number: 5; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value
StatusNative
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Consolida ajacis Consolida ajacis (L.) Schur
Consolida ambigua Consolida ambigua (L.) P.W. Ball & Heywood
Delphinium ajacis Delphinium ajacis L.
Delphinium ambiguum Delphinium ambiguum L.
Delphinium nanum Delphinium nanum DC.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Christian (KY), Clark (KY), Fayette (KY), Franklin (KY), Garrard (KY), Green (KY), Jefferson (KY), Jessamine (KY), Logan (KY), McCracken (KY), Madison (KY), Oldham (KY), Trigg (KY), Warren (KY), Woodford (KY), Bedford (TN), Blount (TN), Carroll (TN), Carter (TN), Cheatham (TN), Cumberland (TN), Davidson (TN), Decatur (TN), DeKalb (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hickman (TN), Houston (TN), Jackson (TN), Knox (TN), Lawrence (TN), McMinn (TN), Marshall (TN), Maury (TN), Montgomery (TN), Overton (TN), Perry (TN), Putnam (TN), Rutherford (TN), Smith (TN), Stewart (TN), Sumner (TN), Wayne (TN), White (TN), Williamson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MEM, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, UOS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1955 - 1994

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31973000017650 Green Kentucky
KNK
Consolida ajacis
31973000017651 Garrard Kentucky
KNK
Consolida ajacis
TENN-V-0096630 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Delphinium ajacis
TENN-V-0096623 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Delphinium ajacis
TENN-V-0096619 Decatur Tennessee
TENN
Delphinium ajacis
TENN-V-0096625 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Delphinium ajacis
TENN-V-0096629 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Delphinium ajacis
TENN-V-0096624 Jackson Tennessee
TENN
Delphinium ajacis
TENN-V-0096814 Madison Kentucky
TENN
Delphinium ajacis
TENN-V-0096617 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Delphinium ajacis
TENN-V-0096620 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Delphinium ajacis
TENN-V-0096633 Williamson Tennessee
TENN
Delphinium ajacis
TENN-V-0096627 McMinn Tennessee
TENN
Delphinium ajacis
TENN-V-0096634 Williamson Tennessee
TENN
Delphinium ajacis
TENN-V-0096632 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Delphinium ajacis
TENN-V-0096626 Marshall Tennessee
TENN
Delphinium ajacis
TENN-V-0096618 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Delphinium ajacis
TENN-V-0096631 Sumner Tennessee
TENN
Delphinium ajacis
TENN-V-0096813 Jessamine Kentucky
TENN
Delphinium ajacis
TENN-V-0096622 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Delphinium ajacis
TENN-V-0096628 Perry Tennessee
TENN
Delphinium ajacis
TENN-V-0096621 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Delphinium ajacis
UCHT011819 DeKalb Tennessee
UCHT
Delphinium ajacis
UCHT011817 DeKalb Tennessee
UCHT
Delphinium ajacis
UCHT011816 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Delphinium ajacis
UCHT011820 Putnam Tennessee
UCHT
Delphinium ajacis
APSC0006353 Trigg Kentucky 18 Jun 1990 Edward Chester
APSC
Delphinium ajacis
APSC0024785 Davidson Tennessee
APSC
Delphinium ajacis
APSC0105121 Fayette Kentucky
APSC
Delphinium ajacis
APSC0088633 Fayette Kentucky
APSC
Delphinium ajacis
APSC0105307 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Delphinium ajacis
APSC0105311 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Delphinium ajacis
APSC0024129 Smith Tennessee
APSC
Delphinium ajacis
APSC0105306 Fayette Kentucky
APSC
Delphinium ajacis
APSC0006358 Houston Tennessee 17 Jun 1983 Edward Chester
APSC
Delphinium ajacis
APSC0088632 Fayette Kentucky
APSC
Delphinium ajacis
APSC0006356 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Delphinium ajacis
APSC0105122 Cheatham Tennessee
APSC
Delphinium ajacis
APSC0111997 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Delphinium ajacis
APSC0006359 Davidson Tennessee 11 Jun 1968
APSC
Delphinium ajacis
APSC0006349 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Delphinium ajacis
APSC0105310 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Delphinium ajacis
APSC0006354 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Delphinium ajacis
APSC0105309 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Delphinium ajacis
APSC0105308 Woodford Kentucky
APSC
Delphinium ajacis
APSC0006360 Christian Kentucky
APSC
Delphinium ajacis
APSC0105305 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Delphinium ajacis
APSC0006357 Smith Tennessee
APSC
Delphinium ajacis
APSC0006352 Trigg Kentucky 11 Jun 1965 William H. Ellis
APSC
Delphinium ajacis
HTTU022841 Maury Tennessee
HTTU
Consolida ajacis
HTTU022826 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Consolida ajacis
HTTU022844 Logan Kentucky
HTTU
Consolida ajacis
HTTU022827 Tennessee
HTTU
Consolida ajacis
HTTU022848 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Delphinium ajacis
HTTU022832 White Tennessee
HTTU
Consolida ajacis
HTTU022820 White Tennessee
HTTU
Consolida ajacis
HTTU022846 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Consolida ajacis
HTTU022831 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Consolida ajacis
HTTU022843 Logan Kentucky
HTTU
Consolida ajacis
HTTU022837 Tennessee
HTTU
Consolida ajacis
HTTU022839 Tennessee
HTTU
Consolida ajacis
HTTU022847 Overton Tennessee
HTTU
Consolida ajacis
HTTU022850 Tennessee
HTTU
Delphinium ambiguum
HTTU022849 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Delphinium ambiguum
HTTU022842 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Consolida ajacis
HTTU022822 Cumberland Tennessee
HTTU
Consolida ajacis
HTTU022838 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Consolida ajacis
HTTU022840 Tennessee
HTTU
Consolida ajacis
HTTU022828 Lawrence Tennessee
HTTU
Consolida ajacis
HTTU022829 Tennessee
HTTU
Consolida ajacis
HTTU022824 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Consolida ajacis
HTTU022833 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Consolida ajacis
HTTU022819 Tennessee
HTTU
Consolida ajacis
HTTU022823 Tennessee
HTTU
Consolida ajacis
HTTU022825 Bedford Tennessee
HTTU
Consolida ajacis
HTTU022834 Tennessee
HTTU
Consolida ajacis
HTTU022821 Tennessee
HTTU
Consolida ajacis
HTTU022835 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Consolida ajacis
HTTU027504 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Delphinium ajacis
HTTU027423 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Delphinium ajacis
HTTU022845 Lawrence Tennessee
HTTU
Consolida ajacis
HTTU022836 Wayne Tennessee
HTTU
Consolida ajacis
HTTU022830 Hickman Tennessee
HTTU
Consolida ajacis
MTSU004252 Davidson Tennessee 25 Jun 1983 Brian Bowen
MTSU
Delphinium ajacis
MTSU004250 Rutherford Tennessee 30 Jun 1983 Jay Beal
6
MTSU
Delphinium ajacis
MTSU004249 Tennessee 06 Jul 1956 E. Rucker
MTSU
Delphinium ajacis
MTSU004251 Rutherford Tennessee 22 Jun 1981 James Bonner
30
MTSU
Delphinium ajacis
MTSU004248 Rutherford Tennessee 10 Jun 1980 Mike Goodpasture
28
MTSU
Delphinium ajacis
MTSU004247 Rutherford Tennessee 10 Jun 1980 Sara Robinson
28
MTSU
Delphinium ajacis
MTSU004253 Rutherford Tennessee 21 Jun 1981 Teri Coats
32
MTSU
Delphinium ajacis
UCHT031179 Tennessee
UCHT
Delphinium ajacis
UCHT031180 Tennessee
UCHT
Delphinium ajacis
UOS05155 Franklin Tennessee 12 May 1968 John Olofson
UOS
Consolida ajacis
ETSU008697 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Delphinium ajacis
MEM001921 Fayette Kentucky 26 Jun 1961 Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne Jr.
4315
MEM
Consolida ajacis
MEM005882 McCracken Kentucky 12 Jun 1969 Raymond Athey
693
MEM
Consolida ajacis
31234100588894 Franklin Kentucky 27 Jul 1956 Mary E. Wharton
10412
EKY
Consolida ajacis
31234100588969 Madison Kentucky 01 Jul 1986 Ronald L. Jones
4687
EKY
Consolida ajacis
31234100588944 Madison Kentucky 01 Jul 1986 Ronald L. Jones
4687
EKY
Consolida ajacis
31234100588928 Jessamine Kentucky 10 Jun 1994 Gary W. Libby
459
EKY
Consolida ajacis
31234100588977 Knox Tennessee 15 Jun 1979 Mark Whitten
766
EKY
Consolida ajacis
31234100588951 Madison Kentucky 23 Jun 1978 J. Stuart Lassetter
2940
EKY
Consolida ajacis
31234100588902 Franklin Kentucky 07 Jun 1957 Mary E. Wharton
10798
EKY
Consolida ajacis
31234100588886 Clark Kentucky 17 Jun 1955 Mary Ruth Beckett
507
EKY
Consolida ajacis
31234100588936 Jessamine Kentucky 17 Jun 1961 Elizabeth M. Browne
4211
EKY
Consolida ajacis
31234100588910 Franklin Kentucky 14 Jun 1993 Susan Wind
97
EKY
Consolida ajacis
31234100722428 Logan Kentucky 12 May 1963 E.T. Browne, Jr.
7062
EKY
Consolida ajacis
TENN-V-0096616 Bedford Tennessee
TENN
Delphinium ajacis
TENN-V-0096615 Tennessee
TENN
Delphinium ajacis
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