Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
Genus species | Delphinium glaciale Hook.f. & Thomson |
Bibliography | Fl. Ind. 1: 53 (1855) |
Native Range | c. Tibet to e. & c. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | scree and moraines |
Altitude | 4500-6500m |
Description | leaves 1-4cm wide, palmatipartite, ultimate segments oblong or triangular, corymb 3-9cm, 2-3-flowered, flowers 3-4cm across, spur conical, 10-14mm long, petals yellow pilose |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | blue-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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |