| | | Delphinium siamense (Craib) Munz, J. Arnold. Arb. 49: 116. 1968; M. Tamura, Thai For. Bull. 25: 64. 1997. | | Ranunculaceae | |
Description: Herb 30–50 cm tall, scattered-leafy, with a few spreading white hairs below, strigulose upward. Leaves round-pentagonal; base cordate; blade glabrous beneath except on the veins. Flowers light blue; sepals strigose; petals with upper laminae glabrous, strongly bidentate at apex, lower laminae obovate, deeply bifid into broad oblong lobes. Stamens glabrous with darkish anthers; carpels 3, strigose. | | | |
Distribution: Endemic to northern Thailand, recorded from Tak (Doi Hua Mot), Chiang Mai (Doi Chiang Dao, Doi Inthanon), in open rugged limestone and montane forest, 1,000–2,100 m.
Notes: Last updated on 28 September 2016. | |
Thai name: Phuang kaeo chiang dao (พวงแก้วเชียงดาว); thep apson (เทพอัปสร). | |
Photos: Preecha Karaket (Doi Hua Mot, Tak) | |
References:
| Tamura, M. 2011. Ranunculaceae. In Flora of Thailand Vol. 11(1): 48–49. |
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