Delphinium biternatum Huth

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Delphinium

Characteristics

Stem 48--70 cm tall, densely retrorsely puberulent, simple or 1-branched. Leaf blade 3--7 cm wide, base broadly cuneate; primary lobes separate for at least 90% of blade radius; central lobe broadly rhombic-obovate, 2 or 3 × dissected, distally entire, apex acute; ultimate lobules narrowly linear; proximal leaves withered. Raceme elongate, to 35 cm, densely many flowered; rachis densely appressed puberulent; bracts lanceolate or linear-lanceolate. Pedicels 0.9--1.1 cm, appressed puberulent and yellow glandular puberulent; bracteoles borne proximally or near middle of pedicel, lanceolate, ca. 3 mm. Sepals yellow, abaxially densely puberulent; spur cylindric-subulate, 1.1--1.3 cm, base ca. 2.8 mm in diam.; other sepals 6--8 mm. Petals 2-lobed, glabrous. Staminode limb ovate, 2-cleft, yellow barbate. Filaments glabrous. Ovaries appressed puberulent. Fl. Jul--Aug.
Life form
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 0.48 - 0.7
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 14 - 28
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 12
Germination luminosity dark
Germination treatment stratification
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Distribution

Delphinium biternatum world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, China, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:710436-1
WFO ID wfo-0000639784
COL ID 34J44
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Delphinium biternatum Delphinium gorganicum Delphinium floribundum