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Wildflower panel concurs: Mystery flower is Larkspur Comments re photo 59887 Wildflowers of Kentucky Blooming in Gadberry KY area  Wendy Burt, Janice Wilkerson, and Kenton Jessie, all identify Charles Marshburn's myster flower as larkspur Click on headline or photo for complete story By CM Wildflower editor Charles Marshburn's picture of unidentified flowers growing in Gadberry, KY, drew three answers, all three concurring: Wendy Butler Burt wrote at 2:14pmCT, 25 Apr 2015: "From Wildflowers of Tennesse, the Ohio Valley , and the Southern Appalachians by Horn & Cathcart: 'Dwarf Larkspur (Delphinium tricorne), also called Spring Larkspur. When admiring this plant, you may hear a buzzing noise coming from the flower, probably a pollinator maneuvering inside the tube, most likely a hard working bumblebee. It is also pollinated by butterflies and moths. The Hopi Indians extracted a blue dye from larkspur flowers. Later settlers did the same, but mixed the dye with a fixative to make blue ink.' -Wendy Butler Burt Janice Wilkerson wrote at 3:29pmCT, 25 Apr 2015: "The flower is a Delphinium, the common name is "Larkspur" Kenton Jessie wrote at 1:16amCT, 26 Apr 2015: "The purple flower appears to me to be Larkspur, Delphinium tricorne. According to the book "Wildflowers of Mammoth Cave National Park" by Randy Seymour." This story was posted on 2015-04-25 04:09:52
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