Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
Genus species | Delphinium alpestre Rydb. |
Bibliography | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 29: 146 (1902) |
Native Range | c. & sc. Colorado to n. New Mexico |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | scree and moraines |
Altitude | 3400-3900m |
Description | leaves orbiculate to pentagonal, strigose, 1-5cm, lobate, inflorescence 2-8-flowered, pedunculate, calyx strigose, spur straight, 8-12mm long, petals 4-6mm long |
Size | 5-25cm |
Color | dark blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
Synonyms | Delphinium ramosum var. alpestre (Rydb.) W.A.Weber |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |