Flower for the Day Larkspur 6-4-26

> Begin forwarded message: > > From: Don Sessions <donsessions@aol.com> > Subject: Flower for the Day Larkspur 6-4-26 > Date: June 4, 2026 at 11:15:05 AM CDT > > Here is a field circle overflowing with many colored larkspur (delphinium). The name is from the ancient gGreek word for dolphin. It is toxic to deer but they do not eat it. >  > > The stem is erect and tall. The leaves are deeply lobed with 3 to7 toothed pointed lobes in a palmate shape.  > The plant is topped with a raceme of many flowers of various color. The flowers are bilaterally symmetrical and have many stamens. Each flower consists of five petal-like sepals which grow together to form a hollow pocket with a spur at the end, which gives the plant its name, usually more or less dark blue. Within the sepals are four true petals, small, inconspicuous, and commonly colored similarly to the sepals. The uppermost sepal is spurred, and encloses the nectar-secreting spurs of the two upper petals. >   Delphinium by Nydia Rojas Next <https://www.yourdailypoem.com/listpoem.jsp?poem_id=2593> The delphinium growing in the garden stands tall, its flowers mirroring the limpid summer sky. Around it, serenity has built a sanctuary where bees and butterflies seek refuge. The flower stalk stands tall above the leaves as if wanting to see the world around it or get closer to the sky and blend colors or simply to offer its beauty, mysterious impulses guiding it to put its flowers on display for whoever happens to walk by. © by Nydia Rojas.