Delphinium pyramidale Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 56 1834. (syn: Delphinium elatum var. ranunculifolium Hook.f. & Thomson; Delphinium hoffmeisteri Klotzsch; Delphinium ranunculifolium Wall. ex Hook.f. & Thomson; Delphinium speciosum var. pyramidale (Royle) Mukerjee; Delphinium speciosum var. ranunculifolium (Wall.) Brühl & King);
. N. Pakistan to W. Tibet and Nepal: Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Jammu & Kashmir, India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh), Pakistan (Hazara, Swat), Nepal, Tibet as per CoL; ..
Delphinium sp: I hope Delphinium pyramidale . I think yes as per images at Delphinium pyramidale and as per GBIF specimen from Nepal & POWO specimens- one and two. Delphinium brunonianum ??—- en-route Dhel Pass – GHNP – PKA51 : 7 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (8) Seen this beautiful herb en-route Dhel Pass at an altitude of approx. 3600m. Not able to confirm the species. According to Flora of Kullu District by Dhaliwal and Sharma, it may be Delphinium cashmeriana. I fear we have a mixture of D. brunonianum and D. cashmerianum here. Number 3 with glandular hairs and 7 with deeply divided closely deeply crenate leaves suggest D. brunonianum. 4, 5, 6 look like D. cashmerianum. Perhaps population based distinction of photographs by … may help. To me appears more closer to images and details at Delphinium pyramidale Royle
. ID request -27102010-PKA1: Came across this herb very close to Hampta pass (Altitude approx 13750 ft). These are the only photographs available. Date /Time: 28-09-2010 / 11:00AM Location: On the way to Hampta pass (approx 13850 ft), Manali region Habitat: Wild Plant habit: Herb Delphinium brunonianum I assume. Delphinium brunonianum indeed I would go with D. cashmerianum. D. brunonianum has much paler flowers. I thought I can see some glandular hairs!! and purple blue veins on flowers too. But I may be wrong.. To me appears more closer to images and details at Delphinium pyramidale Royle . Delphinium cashmerianum Royle ?? But the flowers of Delphinium cashmerianum is clustered in flat-top end with flowers of opposite facing and the color is bluish-purple . But forDelphinium vestitum, flowers are of same side facing or irregular facing and the color is dull purple to blue. That is why I am going with Delphinium vestitum. Description is taken from www.flowersofindia.net. Please let me know. No looks different as per images at
https://efloraofindia.com/2012/09/05/delphinium-vestitum/ I think look close to images at https://efloraofindia.com/2012/11/10/delphinium-pyramidale/ Considering the presence of hair in petal and leaf and the shape of leaf , I think it may be Delphinium vestitum. Waiting for your view. Pl. see the flower arrangement and buds (which I think is important here) at
https://efloraofindia.com/2012/11/10/delphinium-pyramidale/ The presence of hair in petal and leaf is also seen at images at https://efloraofindia.com/2012/11/10/delphinium-pyramidale/ Yes, shape of the leaf is a bit different as lower most leaves are hardly seen at
https://efloraofindia.com/2012/11/10/delphinium-pyramidale/ Flora of Pakistan states:
Plant 60-120 cm high, stem stout, glabrous or villous. Petioles of lower leaves upto 40 cm long, glabrous or villous, blades rounded to pentagonal, 6-12 cm wide, glabrous to subtomentose or villous along the veins beneath, 3-5 parted for 2/3 to 4/5 of length into broadly cuneate, cleft or incised serrate segments, ultimate lobes ovate to lanceolate, 2-7 mm wide, mucronate. Upper leaves with shorter petioles, bract-like, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, upto 15 mm long. I think description matches quite well.
So I will go for https://efloraofindia.com/2012/11/10/delphinium-pyramidale/ Thank you so much for such a wonderful discussion with providing so many beautiful images to differentiate the species. I am getting so much knowledge from this group. I am also going with Delphinium pyramidale.
. References:
POWO specimens- one and two Catalogue of Life GBIF specimen from Nepal (High resolution specimens) Flora of Pakistan Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal |