Delphinium ludlowii
Munz in J. Arn. Arb. 49: 105, f. 14K.
1968; Grierson &
oblong, Fl. Bhutan 1(2): 312. 1984. D. ludlowianum Chowdhury ex Mukerjee in Bull. Bot.
surv. India 2: 293 - 296. 1960, nom. nude
Stems 75 - 100 cm high, rather slender, remotely leafy, pubescent with deflexed hairs
towards top. Leaves suborbicular, 10 - 15 cm in diam., gradually reduced towards
inforescence into leafy bracts, strigulose on both sides, 5-fid to about 1 cm from base; middle segments cuneate-rhombic, ternately pinnatisect into 3 broad lobes for halfway
to the midrib, these shallowly and rather coarsely toothed; the teeth oblong, mucronate,
3 -
5 x 2 -
3 mm; lateral segments deeply bifid, coarsely toothed; petioles up to 12 cm
long, slender, subglabrous, slightly sheathed at base. Inflorescence lax, 6 -
20-flowered
raceme, 10 -
25 cm long, closely strigulose; bracts petiolate, lanceolate, 1 -
2.5 x 2 -
6
mm; pedicels arched, 1 - 5 cm long; bracteoles subtending the flower, linear-spathulate,
5 -
7 x 1 mm. Sepals blue, purplish or pale maroon, minutely pubescent; uppermost sepal
broadly oblong-ovate with an extended blunt tip, 12 -
15 x 10 -
12 mm; spur spreading,
12 -
17 mm long, 4 -
5 mm wide at base, rather abruptly narrowed to an acute tip; lateral
sepals oblong-obovate, subtruncate, 11 -
13 x 5 -
8 mm; lower sepals ea 13 mm long, 6 -
7 mm wide, pointed. Petals bluish, upper petals oblong, curved upwards, narrowed and
bidentate at apex, ca 10 x 3 mm, glabrous; spur 11 -
13 mm long; lower petals obliquely
oblong, 3 -
5 x 2 -
3 mm, bilobed almost halfway, subglabrous; claw ca 5 mm long. Stamens
5 - 6 mm long, glabrous; anthers dark, oblong, ca 1 mm long. Follicles 3, divergent,
glabrous, 12 -
13 mm long, ca 3 mm wide, stylar base ca 2.5 mm at apex; seeds angled.
Fl. & Fr. June - Oct.
Distrib. India: Streamsides and shaded ravines, among stones and boulders in forests, 2700 - 3700 m. Sikkim.
Bhutan.
Fl. & Fr. June - Oct.
Distrib. India: Streamsides and shaded ravines, among stones and boulders in forests, 2700 - 3700 m. Sikkim.
Bhutan.