Delphinium kamaonense
Huth in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 1: 33. 1893; Munz in J. Arn.
Arb. 48: 521, f. 9, I & J. 1967. D. grandiflorum L. var. kamaonense Huth ex Bruehl &
King in Ann. R. Bot. Gard. Calc. 5: 98. 1896.
Perennial herbs, with thick rootstock; stems up to 50 cm high, branched, subglabrous, leafy. Lower petioles 3 -
8 cm long, hairy, dilated at base; lamina 2 -
4 cm wide,
5-partite and each lobe 5-fid; each segment cuneate and laciniate ultimately into oblong
lobes of 2 -
3 mm wide; upper leaves with 1 -
2 cm long and 1 -
1.5 mm wide linear lobes.
Inflorescences open racemes, branching divaricately; upper bracts linear, entire, up to
1 cm long; pedicels much longer than flowers, bibracteolate above the middle; bracteoles
linear, 3 -
5 mm long. Sepals deep blue with a dark brown subapical spot, slightly pilose,
up to 2 cm long; upper sepal ovate, suborbicular, obtuse, ca 17 x 12 mm; spur straight or
slightly curved, 12 -
15 cm long, ca 3.5 mm wide at base; lateral sepals elliptic-oblong,
obtuse, 12 -
13 x 8 -
9 mm; lower sepals ca 14 x 7 mm, oblong-ovate. Upper petals light
brown, oblique, entire, ca 8 x 3 mm, glabrous; spurs ca 14 mm long; lower petals blue,
yellow bearded, obovate, obtuse, bifid at apex, ca 7 mm long; claw ca 5 mm long.
Stamens 5 -
6 mm long, glabrous; anthers dark, ca 1 mm long. Follicles densely pilose.
Fl. July - Aug.
Distrib. India: Western Himalayas, 3000 - 4600 m. Uttar Pradesh (Kumaon).
Nepal.
Fl. July - Aug.
Distrib. India: Western Himalayas, 3000 - 4600 m. Uttar Pradesh (Kumaon).
Nepal.