Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
Genus species | Delphinium scaposum Greene |
Bibliography | Bot. Gaz. 6: 156 (1881) |
Native Range | w. USA to New Mexico and nw. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Altitude | 1200-2700m |
Description | leaves basal, with rounded lobes and dentate margins, stems several, flowers with white centre in lax raceme, spur horizontal, longer than sepals |
Size | 25-50cm |
Color | bright blue |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
Synonyms | Delphinium andersonii var. scaposum (Greene) S.L.Welsh Delphinium decorum var. scaposum (Greene) Huth |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) 79 Mexico (MXN Mexico Northwest) |