Delphinium staphisagriaL.

WFO wfo-0000640760 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Delphinium staphisagria, photographed by Jan Sheppard
fig. a Jan Sheppard, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-25 / obs. 200473815
Delphinium staphisagria, photographed by John Kenrick Gibson
fig. b John Kenrick Gibson, CC0 1.0 / obs. 200455550
Delphinium staphisagria, photographed by Ljaž
fig. c Ljaž, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 146331653
Delphinium staphisagria, photographed by Sarah Faulwetter
fig. d Sarah Faulwetter, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 38862976
Delphinium staphisagria, photographed by Ronald Flipphi
fig. e Ronald Flipphi, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 38597420
Delphinium staphisagria, photographed by Ronald Flipphi
fig. f Ronald Flipphi, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 38272660
Delphinium staphisagria, photographed by Yves Bas
fig. g Yves Bas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 105007089
Delphinium staphisagria, photographed by Christoph Moning
fig. h Christoph Moning, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 136693657

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Native range 19 botanical countries

Regions where Delphinium staphisagria is native: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Lebanon-Syria, Türkiye, Albania, Baleares, Corse, France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain AlgeriaMoroccoTunisiaCyprusEast Aegean Is.Lebanon-SyriaTürkiyeAlbaniaCorseFranceGreeceItalyKritiNW. Balkan Pen.PortugalSiciliaSpain BalearesSardegna
Native distribution of Delphinium staphisagria, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Baleares BAL
Corse COR
France FRA
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Portugal POR
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Cyprus CYP ASIA-TEMPERATE
East Aegean Is. EAI
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Türkiye TUR
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 3 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Staphisagria hirtella Jord.
  • Staphisagria macrosperma Spach
  • Staphisagria moschata Jord.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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