Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
Genus species | Delphinium brunonianum Royle |
Bibliography | Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 56 (1834) |
Native Range | n. Iraq to Central Asia and Nepal |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | scree and moraines |
Altitude | 3500-6000m |
Description | basal leaves orbiculate, pinnatifid, segments hirsute, dentate, stem apically with flat head of flowers, corolla 3-5cm long, anthers nearly black |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | bluish purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | - |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly 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 brunonianum var. aitchisonii Huth Delphinium brunonianum var. jacquemontianum (Cambess.) Huth Delphinium jacquemontianum Cambess. Delphinium minjanense Rech.f. Delphinium moschatum Munro ex Hook.f. & Thomson |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TZK Tadzhikistan) 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq) 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |