Delphinium vestitum Wall.

Flowering from August to September.

Delphinium vestitum is close relative of Delphinium nangziense, but differs from the latter in its stem without glandular hairs (vs. with yellow, glandular hairs), spur cylindric-conic (vs. subulate), slightly shorter than lateral sepals (vs. slightly longer than later sepals), 1.1-1.3 cm, base 5-6 mm in diameter (vs. 1.9-2.6 cm, base 3-4 mm).

Delphinium vestitum is occurring in S Xizang of China, NW India, Kashmir, Nepal.

Stem 26-35 cm tall, retrorsely hispidulous and hispid, simple or 1-branched. Leaf blade 4-9 cm wide, base cordate; primary lobes separate for less than 60% of blade radius; central lobe broadly rhombic, 3-lobulate, distally lobulate and dentate, apex acute; ultimate lobules lanceolate-linear or linear; proximal leaves usually not withered. Raceme 8-15 cm, 4-9-flowered, hispidulous, sparsely yellow glandular puberulent; proximal bracts leaflike, distal ones lanceolate. Pedicels 1.9-2.9 cm; bracteoles distal, narrowly lanceolate, 6-8 mm. Sepals persistent, purplish blue, abaxially hispidulous; spur tubular-conic, 1.1-1.3 cm, base 5-6 mm in diameter; other sepals ca. 1.5 cm. Petals 2-lobed, glabrous. Staminode limb narrowly ovate, 2-cleft, yellow barbate. Filaments glabrous or pilose. Carpels 3; ovaries densely puberulent.

Growing in forest margins; ca. 3400 m.