**It is driving me nuts. I can't find what this annual is?

I am not sure what this flower is, or where I got the seed from. I did an online search looking for it but after a half hour of searching I was frustrated. Then it dawned on me. My garden Stewers would be the ones to help with it's ID. You all love a good mystery.
The Humming birds love this flower, and it does have a slight fragrance. It has very fine almost feathery looking foliage if that is the right word. Here are a few photo's:


Top section of flower? ( photo / image / picture from Tooty2shoes's Garden )






Bottom of same flower? ( photo / image / picture from Tooty2shoes's Garden )






Same flower? in pink. ( photo / image / picture from Tooty2shoes's Garden )






Same flower? in lavendar. ( photo / image / picture from Tooty2shoes's Garden )






Same flower species? Different type of blossom. ( photo / image / picture from Tooty2shoes's Garden )

I am very confused as to what this annual it is. At least I think it's an annual. I had thought first maybe a penstamon(miss spelled) But it didn't match any of the pic's I saw. Ok how about a beardstongue, no doesn't look like the pic's I saw online either.

Me after I looked at so many pic's online. So I sure would appreciate your help so I can put my head, and eyes to rest.

 

I was thinking Larkspur :-D

 

I was thinking Larkspur too. The dk blue ones look more like delphinium color to me. Are the leaves as ferny on the dk blue as on the bi colored one at the bottom? Or are they a solid "palmate" leaf shape? Ferny is larkspur and solid leaves, most likely, are delphiniums.

 

Larkspur
But ... the last photo looks like a mutant Nigella. I've never seen either presented that way or with those colors as in the last photo.

 

First 3 are Larkspur the last on is probably not. Foliage look different.

 

Toni I do think the last one is Love-in-a-mist.

But I have checked out the leaves of the Larkspur and they do not match what the other flowers leaves look like.

So I took a closer pic and the leaves actually look like a stag horn fern only a lot thinner. All of the plants have the same leaves except the last one. Anyway here is what the leaves look like. The mystery continues.


Strange leaves. ( photo / image / picture from Tooty2shoes's Garden )

 

I still think it might be a delphinium-larkspur relative.

 

You all were right who thought it was a type of Delphinium-Larkspur.

Toni thank you for the link to the pic of it. That's what they are. Ahhhh, what a relief. I had never planted this type before. I think they are so pretty, and have such neat leaves. Plus the Hummers love them. Next year I will plant some more. Again, thank you all.

 

Ha Ha I kept thinking Larkspur on steroids! Thought the flowers looked like Delphiniums.I really like it & would love to have it in my garden.
sNs

 

What good news! So it is a Delphinium carolinianum? I think I might get some of those seeds next year too! The flowers are lovely.

 

Beautiful blooms.

 

Thanks all. I love the fact that the Hummers love them and that they are a prairie flower. I am thinking that they are perennials from what I have been reading. But not sure if they are in zone 5?
Does anyone know for sure? I to love the colors and the flower shapes. What a great surprise.