Delphinium dasycaulon Fresen.

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Delphinium

Characteristics

An erect herb up to 1 m. or more tall, stems glabrous to densely pubescent in lower part, densely softly pubescent in upper part and inflorescence branches.. Leaves variable in depth and width of segments of blades, generally cut two-thirds or more to base.. Final inflorescence branches 0.4–1.5 cm. long.. Flowers about 2.5 cm. diam.. Sepals blue, violet, pinkish or almost white; spur stout, 0.7 cm. long, nearly or quite straight.. Carpels and follicles 3, shortly and densely pubescent.
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Leaves mostly arising from the base of the stem, often persisting after the inflorescences have died, lamina palmatisect, usually nearly to the base, segments acute, pubescent especially on the nerves; petioles of the lower leaves up to 15 cm. or more long.
Sepals usually deep blue, more rarely violet, pinkish or white, pubescent; spur 0.5–0.8 cm. long, stout, almost straight.
Erect perennial herb up to about 1 m. high with yellowish-pubescent stems and inflorescences.
Follicles 3, shortly and densely pubescent.
Erect herb, rather lax, to 4 ft. high.
Flowers 2–2.5 cm. across.
Flowers bright blue.
Life form
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.11
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

In grassland
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses environmental use
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 14 - 28
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 12
Germination luminosity dark
Germination treatment stratification
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Delphinium dasycaulon world distribution map, present in Cameroon, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Malawi, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, United Republic of, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:710544-1
WFO ID wfo-0000639951
COL ID 6CHLV
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Delphinium dasycaulon