Delphinium kohatense (Bruehl) Munz in J. Arn. Arb. 48: 280, f. 4A. 1967. D. saniculifolium Boiss. var. kohatense Bruehl in Bruehl & King in Ann. R. Bot. Gard. Calc. 5: 95, t. 117, ff. 1 - 2. 1896. D. saniculifolium Boiss. var. gilgetense Bruehl in Ann. R. Bot. Gard. Calc. 5: 95. 1896. D. saniculifolium auct. non Boiss.; Hook. f. & Thomson in Fl. Brit. India 1: 25. 1872.

Perennial herbs, with tuberous roots; stems slender, terete, mostly few-branched above, 20 - 50 cm high, sparsely strlgulose at lower parts, densely so above. Lower leaves 2 - 4 cm wide, somewhat strigulose, trifid up to base; segments cuneate, the lateral segments deeply lobed into 5 subequal pinnately few-lobed or toothed parts, the ultimate lobes 1 - 3 mm wide, mucronate; petioles 2 - 7 cm long, slender, somewhat dilated at base; cauline leaves few, remote, reduced. Racemes lax, about 10-flowered, slender, striplose; bracts linear, 2 - 3 mm long; pedicels ascending, 5 - 25 mm long; bracteoles lanceolate, placed near the base of the pedicel. Sepals pale blue, blunt, upper sepals 5- 6 x 3 mm, strigulose; spur cylindric, obtuse, 5 - 7 mm long; lateral sepals 7.5 - 8 x 2.5 mm; lower sepals ca 8 x 3 mm, oblong-oblanceolate. Upper petals ca 7.5 mm long, pale, oblique, the bearded lamina with ca 1 mm long terminal lobes; spur ca 5 mm long; lower petals ca 8 mm long, bearded, divided for about 2.5 mm. Stamens 4.5 - 5.5 mm long; filaments bluish, somewhat ciliate on expanded lower part; anthers less than 1 mm long. Follicles 3, pubescent at apex.

Fl. & Fr. July - Aug.

Distrib. India: In dry places, below 3500 m. Jamtnu & Kashmir.

Pakistan and Afghanistan.