Delphinium bicolour is a species of larkspur known as little larkspur and low larkspur. It is native to northwestern North America from British Columbia to South Dakota, where it grows in mountain forests and foothill scrub and prairie. This is a perennial herb growing from a thickly branching root system. It produces solitary stems to 40 cm in height and green with reddish bases. Most of the leaves are low on the stem and grow on short petioles. They are several centimeters long with many rounded lobes. The small inflorescence holds a few large flowers per stem. The flower has dark purple-blue sepals each about 2 centimeters long and a spur of 1 to 2 centimeters. The plant is poisonous to cattle, less so to sheep, and it is occasionally eaten by various species of wild cervids.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Delphinium bicolor across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Delphinium bicolor has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens8
Marker genes7
eDNA detections4
Countries2
Marker genes sequenced
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
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plant barcodefungal barcodemarker
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualDelphinium bicolor carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
2n 162×CCDB · book-fedorov · CCDB · DCDB-2016
CCDB · book-fedorov — Ornduff (D. n. 1957)
CCDB · DCDB-2016 — Ewan, J. 1945. A synopsis of the North American species of Delphinium. Colorado University Studies, Ser. D, Phys. Biolog. Sci. 2: 55-244.
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy88% within 1 km
≤100 m 694≤1 km 100≤10 km 58>10 km 49
901 georeferenced · 279 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 180
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy33% within 1 km
≤100 m 35≤1 km 115≤10 km 266>10 km 34
450 georeferenced · 271 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence721
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions48 of 69 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Bozeman, US
177
Spearfish, US
65
University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record
47
Moscow, US
45
Bronx, US
42
WTUlocation not on record
41
Pullman, US
26
University of Lethbridgelocation not on record
25
Pocatello, US
20
Boise, US
20
Brookings, US
16
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
16
Wuzhou, CN
12
Victoria, CA
11
Missoula, US
11
Chadron, US
10
Vancouver, CA
10
Logan, US
9
Université Lavallocation not on record
6
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
6
USFS/BHSClocation not on record
6
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
6
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
5
Northridge, US
5
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
4
Caldwell, US
4
Philadelphia, US
3
Riverside, US
3
Pittsburg, US
3
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record
3
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
3
Bloomington, US
2
Paris, FR
2
Madison, US
2
Dekalb, US
2
Tampa, US
2
Cheney, US
2
Flagstaff, US
2
Oswego, US
2
Denver, US
2
University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record
2
Davenport, US
2
San Luis Obispo, US
2
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
1
Fargo, US
1
Corvallis, US
1
San Bernardino, US
1
Montréal, CA
1
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
1
Auckland, NZ
1
Fullerton, US
1
Acadia Universitylocation not on record
1
University of South Dakotalocation not on record
1
Phoenix, US
1
MeiseBGlocation not on record
1
Provo, US
1
Portland, US
1
VALElocation not on record
1
Knoxville, US
1
Saint John, CA
1
Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalitionlocation not on record
1
Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record
1
Uppsala, SE
1
Albuquerque, US
1
Kew, GB
1
Santa Barbara, US
1
Claremont, US
1
Québec, CA
1
Saint Louis, US
1
69 institutions · 710 of 721 vouchered records shown · 11 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA4 detections
Where the DNA of Delphinium bicolor was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found4
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 4 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 countries0
Roadside, dry, flat disturbed area. Sagebrus…
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median13.9 °C 13.7–14.4
Seasonal swing summer↔winter25.7 °C
Max temp (day)20.0 °C 19.8–21.7
Min temp (night)7.90 °C 7.00–8.70
Precipitation61.8 mm/mo 61.3–90.8
Air humidity54.4 % 51.2–55.4
Moisture balance-75.0 mm/mo -91.1–-52.4
Vapour deficit717 Pa 710–807
Wind speed2.80 m/s 2.10–4.40
Cloud cover35.1 % 25.7–39.2
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 3 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 901 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI4 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics8 specimens↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗