Delphinium wardii C.Marquand & Airy Shaw

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Delphinium

Characteristics

Stem 9--15 cm tall, puberulent, simple. Leaf blade 2--4 cm wide, base cordate-subtruncate; primary lobes separate for less than 60% of blade radius; central lobe shortly obtrapezoid, 3-lobulate, distally few rounded dentate, apex acute; ultimate lobules narrowly oblong or lanceolate; proximal leaves usually not withered. Flowers solitary, or 2 in a monochasium. Pedicels ca. 7 cm, puberulent and yellowish glandular puberulent; bracteoles borne near middle of pedicel, oblong, ca. 9 mm. Sepals blue, abaxially puberulent; spur subulate, 1.7--2 cm, base ca. 4 mm in diam.; other sepals 2.5--2.8 cm. Petals unequally 2-lobed, pilose. Staminode limb elliptic, 2-lobed, barbate, margin ciliate. Filaments glabrous. Carpels 3; ovaries pubescent only along ventral suture. Fl. Sep.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.09 - 0.15
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Environment

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Usage

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Therapeutic use -
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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 wardii world distribution map, present in Bhutan and China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:711141-1
WFO ID wfo-0000640923
COL ID 34JSC
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Delphinium wardii