Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
Genus species | Delphinium gracilentum Greene |
Bibliography | Pittonia 3: 15 (1893) |
Native Range | c. California |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 100-2700m |
Description | roots shallow, tuberous, basal leaves evenly pentamerous, primary segments with oblong, obtuse lobes, pubescent, raceme lax, narrow, upper petals white, lower petals blue |
Size | 15-50cm |
Color | purple, pink, white |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
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 | Delphinium decorum var. gracilentum (Greene) K.C.Davis Delphinium gracilentum f. versicolor Ewan Delphinium greenei Eastw. Delphinium patens ssp. greenei (Eastw.) Ewan Delphinium pratense Eastw. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |