Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
Genus species | Delphinium tricorne Michx. |
Bibliography | Fl. Bor. Amer. 1: 314 (1803) |
Native Range | nc. & e. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 0-1500m |
Description | leaves orbiculate, subglabrous, lobes 3-18, inflorescence 5-15-flowered, pedicels strigose, sepals pink or white, 11-19mm, spur straight, 13-16mm long |
Size | 20-60cm |
Color | dark bluish purple, pink |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
Synonyms | Delphinastrum tricorne (Michx.) Nieuwl. Delphinium tricorne f. albiflora Millsp. Delphinium tricorne var. genuinum Huth Delphinium tricorne var. multiflorum DC. Delphinium tricorne f. roseum E.T.Browne |
Territory | 7 Northern America 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, IOW Iowa, KAN Kansas, MIN Minnesota, MSO Missouri, NEB Nebraska, OKL Oklahoma) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (INI Indiana, OHI Ohio, PEN Pennsylvania, WVA West Virginia) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (ALA Alabama, ARK Arkansas, GEO Georgia, KTY Kentucky, MRY Maryland, MSI Mississippi, NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia, WDC District of Columbia) |