Plant Details

Accepted name:: Delphinium ajacis L. [Ranunculaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
doubtful knight's-spur	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
eastern larkspur	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gartenrittersporn	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
larkspur	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lesan althour	Other	Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
oriental knight's spur	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
oriental knight's-spur	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
oriental larkspur	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
rocket larkspur	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
romersk riddarsporre	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
飞燕草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Seed		Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 18 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Consolida ajacis (L.) Schur Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Vereins Naturwiss. Hermannstadt 4(3): 47 (1853).
Consolida orientalis Schrödinger Abh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 4(5): 62 (1909), nom. superfl.
Ceratostanthus ajacis (L.) Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 30 (1866).
Delphinium addendum W.R.McNab Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 9: 335 (1868).
Delphinium ajacis f. alba R.H.Cheney Rhodora 27: 142 (1925).
Delphinium ajacis var. brevipes Rouy & Foucaud Fl. France 1: 131 (1893).
Delphinium ajacis var. hyacinthiflorum Ed.Otto Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 31: 312 (1875).
Delphinium ajacis var. majus Ed.Otto Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 31: 311 (1875).
Delphinium ajacis var. minus Ed.Otto Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 31: 311 (1875).
Delphinium ajacis var. orientale Finet & Gagnep. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 51: 467 (1904), not validly publ.
Delphinium ambiguum Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 3 (1768), sensu auct.
Delphinium azureum Newb. Pacif. Railr. Rep. Williamson & Abbot, Bot. 6(3; 2): 65 (1858), nom. illeg.
Delphinium candelabrum Lebas Rev. Hort. (Paris) 46: 297 (1874).
Delphinium menziesii Torr. & A.Gray Fl. N. Amer. 1: 31 (1838), nom. illeg.
Delphinium orientale J.Gay ex Gren. & Godr. Fl. France Corse 1: 47 (1848), nom. superfl.
Delphinium ornatum C.D.Bouché Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 1: 26 (1843).
Delphinium pauciflorum D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 196 (1825).
Delphinium simplex Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 375 (1796).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Consolida ajacis (L.) Schur	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Consolida orientalis (J. Gay) Schroedinger	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Consolida orientalis (J.Gay) Schrödinger	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Delfinium aiacis L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Delphinium ajacis L.	Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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