Consolida (DC.) S. F. Gray

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 216

13. Consolida (DC.) S. F. Gray 1

Like Delphinium but always annual; the 2 upper honey-leaves coalescent into a single structure (nectary), with a single spur; lateral honey-leaves absent; stamens in 5 spirally arranged series; carpel 1. Literature: E. Huth, Bot. Jahrb. 20: 365-91 (1895). R. de Soó,

Österr. Bot. Zeitschr. 71: 233-46 (1922).12345678910 1 Nectary ovate, entire; follicle appressed-silky 3. hellespontica 1 Nectary lobed; follicle glabrous or pubescent but not silky 2 Spur circinate-involute at apex 3 intermediate lobes of nectary acute; follicle 15-25 mm 1. aconiti 3 Intermediate lobes of nectary obtuse; follicle c. 7 mm 2. thirkeana 2 Spur straight or scarcely curved 4 Follicle glabrous 5 Perianth-segments 9 mm or more 9. regaiis 5 Perianth-segments less than 9 mm 10. tenuissima 4 Follicle pubescent 6 Spur less than 7 mm 7 Lower pedicels not more than 5 mm 8. tuntasiana 7 Lower pedicels more than 7 mm 6. brevicornis 6 Spur 7 mm or more 8 Lower bracts entire 9 Inflorescence racemose, not or little-branched 7. uechtritziana 9 Inflorescence paniculate, much-branched 10 Upper lobe of nectary more than 2 mm wide; plant sparsely pubescent; flowers dark blue; seeds black 9. regaiis

10 Upper lobe of nectary not more than 2 mm wide; plant densely whitish-pubescent; flowers violet, pale blue or whitish; seeds grey or reddish 11. pubescens 8 Lower bracts dissected 11 Both spur and perianth-segments 5-7 mm 12. rigida 11 Either spur, or perianth-segments, or both, more than

7 mm 12 Bracteoles reaching to or beyond the base of the flower;

spur not more than 12 mm; inflorescence racemose

4. orientalis 12 Bracteoles, at least of lower flowers, not reaching base of the flower; spur 12 mm or more

13 Inflorescence paniculate, lax; ripe follicle 10-15 mm,

F I as long as lower pedicels 11. pubescens

13 Inflorescence usually racemose; ripe follicle 15-

20 mm, mostly more than | as long as lower pedicels 5. ambigua ( a) Spur of perianth-segment circinate-involute at apex; nectary attached to pedicel by the extreme end, between the two lateral (lower) lobes; spur remote from lateral lobes and pedicel; intermediate lobes present above each lateral lobe; upper lobe small, bifid.