Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
Genus species | Aconitum pulchellum Hand.-Mazz. |
Bibliography | Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 62: 219 (1925) |
Native Range | sc. China to e. Nepal & n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3500-5000m |
Description | leaves long petiolate, orbiculate-pentagonal, 2x4cm, tripartite, ultimate segments ovate, 1-3mm wide, flowers 1-9, 2-3cm, spur curved 12-16mm long |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | fresh seed, uncovered, germ. 3-12 months, 10-13°C division in early spring, before sprouting |
Synonyms | Aconitum handelianum H.F.Comber Aconitum handelianum var. laxipilosum Hand.-Mazz. Aconitum pulchellum var. racemosum W.T.Wang |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |