Delphinium stapeliosum Bruehl ex Huth, Bot. Jahrb. 20: 419. 1895. D. stapeliosmum var. khasianum Bruehl in Ann. R. Bot. Gard. Calc. 5: 102. 1896.

Slender, erect herbs, up to 1.5 m high, branched above, hairy; stems leafy. Lower leaves with petioles up to 25 cm long; lamina up to 15 cm wide, palmately 5-fid; segments cuneate, 3-fid above, 5 - 7 x 3 - 5 mm. Flowers in lax racemes; pedicels ascending; bracteoles oblanceolate, 6 - 10 x 2 - 3 mm. Sepals bluish purple or reddish; spur 15 - 20 mm long, spreading. Petals blue-black, lower ones bearded; lamina of lower petals ovate, 6 - 7 x 3 mm, deeply bifid into lanceolate lobes, pubescent. Stamens 5 - 6 mm long, glabrous. Follicles 3, pubescent. Seeds winged along edges.

Fl. & Fr. Sept. - Nov.

Distrib. India: Moist coniferous forests and grassy slopes, 2000 - 3000 m. Meghalaya.

Nepal, Bhutan, N. Myanmar and China (Tibet).