Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
Genus species | Delphinium pachycentrum Hemsl. |
Bibliography | J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 29: 301 (1892) |
Native Range | sc. China to se. Qinghai |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and scree |
Altitude | 4000-4600m |
Description | leaves 5-8cm wide, cordate, palmatipartite, ultimate segments linear to narrowly lanceolate, raceme 8-20cm, dense 5-12-flowered, spur cylindrical, 18-20mm long, straight |
Size | 20-50cm |
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 pachycentrum ssp. hemsleyi Brühl Delphinium pachycentrum var. lobatum W.T.Wang Delphinium sertiferum Franch. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHQ Qinghai) |