This old ornamental ("garden larkspur") has become locally common in pastures and roadsides for over a century (Gm, M), especially in the Bluegrass region. Although DNA-based evidence indicates that Consolida (plus Aconitella) is nested within the traditional concept of Delphinium, it appears to be a monophyletic group that deserves at least subgenus status (Xiang et al. 2017). Consolida differs in several profound characters (FNA 3): annuals (versus perennial); pistil 1 (versus 3-5); petals 2 (versus 4), connate (versus distinct).