太白翠雀花 Delphinium taipaicum

by Jun

  • Scientific Name: Delphinium taipaicum W.T.Wang
  • Ref: Acta Bot. Sin. 10:165. 1962
  • English Common Name: Taibai larkspur
  • Chinese Common Name: 太白翠雀花 Tàibái cuìquè∙huā
  • Family: Ranunculaceae
  • Genus: Delphinium
  • Distribution: Grassy slopes; 3600–3900 m. S Shaanxi (Taibai Shan).
  • Photo: 07/14/2009, Mt. Taibai, Qinling
Stem 22--30 cm tall, retrorsely puberulent or glabrescent, simple. Leaf blade 4--8 cm wide, base cordate; primary lobes separate for at least 90% of blade radius; central lobe rhombic-cuneate, 3-parted, distally undivided or few lobulate, apex acute; ultimate lobules narrowly triangular to lanceolate-linear; proximal leaves not withered. Raceme 4--10 cm, 2--4-flowered, retrorsely puberulent; proximal bracts 3-sect, distal ones oblong-ovate or lanceolate. Pedicels 1.5--4 cm; bracteoles distal, oblong-ovate, 0.9--1.2 cm. Sepals purple, abaxially pubescent; spur cylindric-subulate, 1.4--2 cm, base ca. 2.6 mm in diam.; other sepals 1.6--1.7 cm. Petals emarginate, glabrous. Staminode limb obovate, 2-lobed, yellow barbate. Filaments glabrous. Carpels 3; ovaries densely pubescent. Fl. Sep. (Flora of China)
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