Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
Genus species | Delphinium viscosum Hook.f. & Thomson |
Bibliography | Fl. Ind. 1: 52 (1855) |
Native Range | Tibet to e. & c. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves long petiolate, orbiculate-reniform, pubescent, palmatipinnate, segments 3-5, oblong, coarsely dentate, inflorescence 3-5-flowered, spur broadly conical. straight |
Size | 13-30cm |
Color | white-yellow |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
Synonyms | Delphinium trilobatum Huth Delphinium viscosum var. ciliatum Brühl Delphinium viscosum var. connectans Brühl |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |