Consolida Gray
Annual herbs. Lvs basal and cauline, deeply 1-2-pinnatisect, the lower petiolate, the upper sessile; segments oblong to linear. Infl. a terminal, simple or branched raceme; involucre 0. Fls ⚥. Sepals 5, blue, purple or violet, the upper 1 spurred at base. Petals 2, united, paler than sepals, forming a single spur contained within the sepal spur. Stamens in 5 spiral series; filaments expanded. Carpel 1; ovules in 2 rows; style short; fr. a single, many-seeded follicle.
40 spp., Mediterranean to C. Asia. Naturalised sp. 1.
Consolida is included by some authors in Delphinium but differs by the annual habit, single corolla spur, anthers in 5 (not 8) series and the single carpel.
