Delphinium calthifolium

Delphinium calthifolium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Delphinium
Species: D. calthifolium
Binomial name
Delphinium calthifolium
Q. E. Yang & Y. Luo

Delphinium calthifolium, common name lu ti cao ye cui que hua,[1][2] is a plant species endemic to Sichuan Province in China. It is known from only one location in forest at an elevation of about 2300 m.[3]

Delphinium calthifolium is a perennial herb up to 40 cm tall with long white hairs. The plant generally has only 2 leaves, both cordate to round, sometimes slightly lobate, crenulate (scalloped) along the margins. Flowers are blue, about 3 cm long.[3][4]

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