Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
Genus species | Delphinium beesianum W.W.Sm. |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 8: 130 (1913) |
Native Range | sc. China to e. Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | scree |
Altitude | 3500-4800m |
Description | leaves 2-8cm wide, palmatipartite, ultimate segments lanceolate to linear, corymb 3-6cm, 1-5-flowered, sepals abaxialy strigose, 17-30mm, spur cylindrical, 24-28mm long |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | bluish violet, purple |
Bloom | late 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 beesianum f. calcicola (W.W.Sm.) W.T.Wang Delphinium caeruleum var. crassicalcaratum W.T.Wang & M.J.Warnock Delphinium calcicola W.W.Sm. Delphinium montingshanicum W.T.Wang & M.J.Warnock |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) |