Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
Genus species | Delphinium montanum DC. |
Bibliography | Fl. Franc. [A.P.de Candolle & J.B.A.M.de Lamarck] éd. 3. 5: 641 (1805) |
Native Range | c. & e. Pyrenees |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 800-2600m |
Description | densely adpressed hirsute, stems ramose from base, leaves pinnatisect or pinnatipartite, petiolate, sepals 14-20mm long, petals bifid, brown-black, ciliate |
Size | 15-60cm |
Color | pale blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
Synonyms | Delphinium elatum ssp. montanum (DC.) Nyman Delphinium elatum var. montanum (DC.) Rouy & Foucaud Delphinium montanum var. bracteosum DC. Delphinium montanum f. bracteosum (DC.) C.Blanché Delphinium montanum var. calvescens Pawl. Delphinium montanum f. calvescens (Pawl.) C.Blanché Delphinium montanum var. productum Huth Delphinium montanum f. productum (Huth) C.Blanché Delphinium pyrenaicum Pourr. ex DC. |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) |