Delphinium koelzii
Munz in J. Arn. Arb. 48: 522, f. 9H. 1967.
Slender perennial herbs; stems up to 1 m high, simple or few-branched above,
strigulose. Lower leaves mostly withered by anthesis; blades commonly 2 -
8 cm long,
multipartite, each division pinnately laciniate into 1 - 2 mm wide lobes, subglabrous
above, somewhat strigulose beneath; petioles up to 5 cm long dilated at base; middle
cauline leaves several, short-petioled to subsessile. Inflorescences lax corymbose
racemes, strigulose; terminal branch about 8-flowered; lateral branches with fewer
flowers; bracts linear, sub-setaceous, up to 5 mm long; pedicels divergent with more or
less recurved tip, mostly 1 - 2 cm long; bracteoles 2 -
3 mm long, placed below the middle
on the pedicel. Sepals reddish violet to blue, somewhat strigulose; upper sepal ovate,
obtuse, ca 10 x 5 mm; spur ca 13 mm long, ca 3 mm wide at base, straight, blunt; lateral
sepals oblong, obtuse, ca 10 x 6 mm; lower sepals rounded, 10 -
11 mm long, ca 6 mm
wide. Upper petals oblique, 8 -
9 mm long, toothed at apex; spur ca 13 mm long; lower
petals ca 5 mm long, bearded, obovate, divided for about 3 mm; claw ca 5 mm long.
Stamens 5 - 6 mm long, glabrous; anthers dark, ca 1 mm long. Follicles 3, densely
strigulose.
Fl. & Fr. June - July.
Distrib. India: Himachal Pradesh.
Endemic.
Fl. & Fr. June - July.
Distrib. India: Himachal Pradesh.
Endemic.