Dear All, Sending photo of Delphinium brunonianum
Delphinium brunonianum Royle, Illustr. Bot. Himal. 56.1834; Hook. f. & Thoms. in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 27. 1872; Stewart in Ann. Cat. Vas. Pl. W. Pakistan Kashmir 266. 1972; Kachroo et al., Fl. Ladakh. 45. 1977; Rau in Sharma et al., Fl. India 1: 86. 1993; Uniyal in Singh et al., Fl. Jammu Kashmir 1: 401. 2002. Herbs, perennial, 10 – 27 cm high, rootstock woody, stems erect, pubescent – hairy, glandular, leafy. Leaf 2.0 – 3.0 x 6.0 – 7.0 cm, reniform, hairy below at veins and margins, 3-5-fid or partite, crenate – dentate; petioles sheathed at base. Inflorescence a few flowered raceme. Sepals petaloid, dark blue – violet, membranous, persistent, veined, pubescent with soft white hairs; upper sepals 2.5 – 3.0 x 1.5 – 2.0 cm, spurred; spurs almost 0.6 – 0.7 x 0.4 – 0.5 cm, straight, saccate; lateral sepals 1.8 – 2.0 x 0.7 – 0.9 cm, ovate. Petals black; upper petals 1.2 – 1.5 cm long, oblique, apex subentire, retuse, ciliate, spurred; spurs 1.0 – 1.1 x 0.1 – 0.2 cm, hairy; lower petals strongly oblique. Stamens numerous, 0.7 – 0.8 cm long, winged from base to middle, glabrous. Carpels 4, 0.4 – 0.5 cm long, pubescent. Fl. & Fr.: July – September. Abundant, in glacial moraines, Manjkeo, Hemis National Park, Ladakh Distrib.: India: Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand; Pakistan; Nepal; Afghanistan, China (Tibet). -- Dr. Amit Chauhan Junior Technical Assistant Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre, Pantnagar, PO Dairy Farm Nagla, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand 263149 ph.05944 234445 mob.+919412161087 mail: amitci...@gmail.com amitci...@rediffmail.com amit.chau...@cimap.res.in
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