Delphinium sect. Elatopsis

Huth

Bull. Herb. Boissier 1: 330. 1893.

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3. Treatment on page 197.

Roots 20-60 cm, fibrous, dry; buds more than 3 mm. Stems 2-8 per root; base firmly attached to root. Leaves cauline, gradually reduced into bracts. Flowers: sepals blue, purple, or white; lower petal blades less than 1/5 length of lateral sepals, darker colored than lateral sepals.

Selected References

None.

Michael J. Warnock +
usually larger +
cuneate +, truncate +  and cordate +
expanded +
straight +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
subopposite-subalternate +
globose;cylindric +
n temperate and arctic subtropical and +, in Eastern Hemisphere +  and tropical mountains (s of equator in Africa) +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
showy +  and inconspicuous +
sessile +  and aggregate +
curved-cylindric +
axillary +  and terminal +
less ovate +  and elliptic +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
round +  and pentagonal or reniform +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
reduced +
lacerate;crenate +
clawed +, 2-lobed +, ovate +  and plane +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
palmate +  and pinnate +
incised;toothed;incised;toothed;entire +
distinct +
conspicuous +
spurred +, funnel--shaped +, cup-shaped +  and plane +
reduced +
Bull. Herb. Boissier +
2-100-flowered +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +
not arillate +  and stalked +
dark-brown +  and black +
rectangular +  and pyramidal +
white;purple;white;purple;blue +
not persistent +
distinct +
3 +  and 6 +
not +  and veined +
2 +  and 8 +
persistent +
Delphinium sect. Elatopsis +
Delphinium +
section +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (2.4 cm24 mm <br />0.024 m <br />) +
herbaceous +  and woody +