Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
Genus species | Delphinium malacophyllum Hand.-Mazz. |
Bibliography | Acta Horti Gothob. 13: 52 (1939) |
Native Range | c. China |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3900-4300m |
Description | leaves 2-6cm wide, palmatipartite, ultimate segments narrowly ovate, corymb 4-8cm, 2-5-flowered, sepals silky strigose, spur subulate, 35-38mm long, petals glabrous |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | deep blue |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous 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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central) |