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Delphinium grandiflorum L.  
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FamilyRANUNCULACEAE
Genus speciesDelphinium grandiflorum L. 
BibliographySp. Pl. 1: 531 (1753)
Native RangeSiberia to North Korea and China
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatgrassland and thickets
Altitude100-4000m
Descriptionleaves 4-12cm wide, palmatipartite, ultimate segments linear-lanceolate to narrowly linear, raceme 5-20cm, 3-10-flowered, spur subulate, 15-20mm, petals glabrous
Size15-60cm
Colorbluish purple, blue
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationmesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade
Propagationseed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C
division in spring just as young growth commences
SynonymsChienia honanensis W.T.Wang
Delphinastrum grandiflorum (L.) Spach
Delphinium bonatii H.Lév.
Delphinium chinense Fisch. ex DC.
Delphinium chinense var. album Laxton ex J.Dix
Delphinium grandiflorum f. album T.J.Feng & J.X.Huang
Delphinium grandiflorum var. chinense Fisch. ex DC.
Delphinium grandiflorum var. fischeri Rchb.
Delphinium grandiflorum f. glanduligerum W.T.Wang
Delphinium grandiflorum var. gmelinii Rchb.
Delphinium grandiflorum var. pilosum Y.Z.Zhao
Delphinium grandiflorum f. roseolum Y.Z.Zhao
Delphinium grandiflorum var. tigridum Kitag.
Delphinium sinense Fisch. ex Link
Delphinium sinense var. pumilum Barr & Sugnem
Delphinium virgatum J.Jacq. ex Spreng.
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     30 Siberia (BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, YAK Yakutskiya)
     31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KHA Khabarovsk)
     32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan)
     36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHI Inner Mongolia, CHM Manchuria, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHS China Southeast, CHT Tibet)
     37 Mongolia
     38 Eastern Asia (KOR Korea)
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