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|accepted_name=Consolida ajacis
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Schur
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Vereins Naturwiss. Hermannstadt
|place=4: 47. 1853
|year=1853
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|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Delphinium ajacis
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=1: 531. 1753
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Ranunculaceae;Consolida;Consolida ajacis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ranunculaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Consolida]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Consolida ajacis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>3-8(-10) dm, glabrous to sparsely puberulent. <b>Leaves</b> 5-20 or more. <b>Leaf</b> blade orbiculate, 12-60-lobed or more, 1-5 cm wide, glabrous to puberulent, lobes less than 1.5 mm wide. <b>Inflorescences</b> 6-30(-75)-flowered, simple or with 3 or fewer branches; bracts (at least lowermost 2) with 5 or more lobes; pedicel ascending-spreading, 1-3(-5) cm, ± puberulent; bracteoles not touching sepals, 4-20mm from flower, ± linear, 1-3mm, ± puberulent. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals blue to purple, rarely pink or white, nearly glabrous, lower sepal 8-18 × 4-8mm, lateral sepals 8-18 × 6-14 mm, spur 12-20 mm; petals of same color as sepals or whiter, lateral lobes 3-6mm, terminal lobes 5-8 × 2-4 mm, sinus 0.2-1 mm. <b>Follicles</b> 12-25 mm, puberulent.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Waste places, old homesites, drainage ditches, roadsides, and railroads
|elevation=0-2000 m
|distribution=B.C.;Man.;Ont.;Ala.;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;N.C.;N.Dak.;N.J.;N.Y.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;native to Europe and Africa;introduced in Asia and Australia.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>In many floras the names <i>Consolida</i> ambigua (Linnaeus) Ball & Heywood and <i>Delphinium</i> ambiguum Linnaeus have been misapplied to this taxon.</p><!--
--><p><i>Consolida ajacis</i> has escaped and become more or less naturalized in many temperate and subtropical parts of the world. It is by far the most commonly encountered species of <i>Consolida</i> in North America.</p><!--
--><p>The Cherokee used <i>Consolida ajacis</i> medicinally in infusions to treat heart problems (D. E. Moerman 1986, as <i>Delphinium</i> ajacis).</p>
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name=Consolida ajacis
|authority=(Linnaeus) Schur
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Delphinium ajacis
|family=Ranunculaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Waste places, old homesites, drainage ditches, roadsides, and railroads
|elevation=0-2000 m
|distribution=B.C.;Man.;Ont.;Ala.;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;N.C.;N.Dak.;N.J.;N.Y.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;native to Europe and Africa;introduced in Asia and Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Vereins Naturwiss. Hermannstadt
|publication year=1853
|special status=Illustrated;Introduced
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_631.xml
|genus=Consolida
|species=Consolida ajacis
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