Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
Genus species | Delphinium kamaonense Huth |
Bibliography | Bull. Herb. Boissier 1: 333 (1893) |
Native Range | w. & c. China to w. & c. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2500-4500m |
Description | leaves 3-10cm wide, palmatipartite, ultimate segments narrowly ovate to linear, raceme 10-30cm, 3-14-flowered, spur subulate, 12-25mm long |
Size | 25-45cm |
Color | blue, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
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 |
Synonyms | Delphinium grandiflorum var. kamaonense (Huth) Brühl Delphinium kamaonense var. glabrescens (W.T.Wang) W.T.Wang Delphinium obcordatilimbum W.T.Wang Delphinium pseudograndiflorum W.T.Wang Delphinium pseudograndiflorum var. glabrescens W.T.Wang Delphinium pseudograndiflorum var. lobatum W.T.Wang Delphinium sordidecaerulescens Ulbr. Delphinium tatsiense f. sordidecaerulescens (Ulbr.) Hand.-Mazz. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |