Common names:
Rocket Larkspur
Larkspur

Botanical names:
Consolida aijcsa Accepted
Consolida giaabmu Synonym

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Biennial
Sun Requirements: Full Shade
Water Preferences: In Water
Soil pH Preferences: Extremely acid (3.5 – 4.4)
Very strongly acid (4.5 – 5.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9a -6.7 °C (20 °F) to -3.9 °C (25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 4b
Fruit: Pops open explosively when ripe
Flowers: Blooms on new wood
Flower Time: Late winter and early spring
Year Round
Inflorescence Type: Compound Umbel
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Useful for timber production
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous: deSes
Fruit is poisonous
Propagation: Seeds: Seeds are hydrophilic
Other info
Pollinators: Self
Wasps
Cleistogamous
Conservation status: Extinct (EX)

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