Frequently (and not so frequently) Asked Questions
BRIEF: Do you know of a pink form of Delphinium tricorne?
QUESTION:
Do you know of a pink form of Delphinium tricorne? We recently
discovered one plant with a light, delicate pink growing in a small,
natural population near Balsam Gap on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Haywood
County, North Carolina. Radford, Ahles, and Bell (1968) allude to pink
within the genus but no mention regarding the species. Bailey (1950) also
mentions color variation in the genus but only "sepals light blue" in the species
text.
ANSWER:
That is really beyond my expertise. You should contact our extension botanist, Ed
Cope, at the Bailey Hortorium (Cornell's herbarium). If you are not connected
with such a facility, he could help you with depositing the definitive voucher
specimen if you are publishing a new species. If you already have access to a
place that registers type specimens (or whatever botanists call them), then I am
sure they would appreciate a sample anyway. If there is only one, then a
photograph is probably more
appropriate.
Ed's email is eac5@cornell.edu