{"id":114,"date":"2010-11-11T20:17:04","date_gmt":"2010-11-11T20:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technogypsie.com\/science\/?p=114"},"modified":"2010-11-11T20:17:04","modified_gmt":"2010-11-11T20:17:04","slug":"poisons-herbs-herblore-folklore-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technotink.net\/science\/poisons-herbs-herblore-folklore-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"Delphinium"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nDelphinium
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Larkspur: Delphinium Delphinium staphisagria [ Plantae: Magnoliophyta: Magnoliopsida: Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae: Delphinium: Delphinium staphisagria ] <\/em>
\n<\/strong>Common Names:<\/em><\/strong>
\nLarkspur, Lark’s Heel, Lark’s Claw, Knight’s Spur.<\/p>\n

Localities:<\/em><\/strong>
\nFound throughout the Northern Hemisphere and mountains of tropical Africa.<\/p>\n

Species:<\/em><\/strong>
\nThere are roughly 300 species.<\/p>\n

Description:<\/em><\/strong>
\nDelphinium is a perennial flowering plant belonging to the buttercup family and is also called Larkspur. It has deeply lobed 3-7 tooth palmate shape leaves, has a erect flowering stem ranging from 10 centimeters in one species upwards of 2 meters in another and becomes topped with a raceme of multi-colored flowers ranging from purple, blue, red, white, and yellow. Purple is the most common color. Each flower has 5 petal sepals that grow together to create a hollow pocket with a spur at the end from late spring to late summer. Within he sepals are four true petals. It produces small shiny black seeds.<\/p>\n

Cultivation:<\/em><\/strong>
\nCommonly pollinated by buterflies and bumble bees, larkspur can be cultivated by seed(though seeds require a pre-chilling to get germination going) . Larkspur prefers chalky loam soils and commonly grows wild in cornfields. Needs alot of full sunshine. It does crowd out others and steals the nurishments in the soil from other plants. Staking helps alot because it gives it support that it needs.<\/p>\n

Common Uses:<\/em><\/strong>
\nJuice of the flowers, mixed with alum, creates a blue ink.<\/p>\n

Culinary Uses:<\/em><\/strong>
\nMost species are toxic, but is a food source for a variety of moths.<\/p>\n

Medicinal Uses:<\/em><\/strong>
\nAll parts of the plant contain alkaloid delphinine and are very poisonous. Eating Larkspur can lead to vomiting and death. Early reports of drinking small amounts of larkspur helped against the sting of scorpions. Other herbals state the seeds can be used to compat parasites, especially lice and their nits. A tincture from Larkspur is used to treat eye diseases, asthma and dropsy.<\/p>\n

Magical Uses:<\/em><\/strong>
\nIn Transylvania it was believed to keep witches away from stables.
\nFolklore and History:<\/em><\/strong>
\nThe Latin name relates to the Greek workd “delphis” for dolphin which alludes to the shape of the opening flower. <\/p>\n

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