Delphinium fissum, Waldst. & Kit.

12. D. fissum Waldst. & Kit. View in CoL , Pl. Rar. Hung. 1: 83 (1802)

(D. leiocarpum Huth, D. pallasii Nevski ).

Tubers present. Stock without fibres. Stems 50-150 cm, terete, 3-6 mm thick, simple or little-branched. Leaves mostly 3-fid; segments linear-lanceolate to linear, acute. Base of petiole of lower cauline leaves almost surrounding stem. Bracts and bracteoles linear; margin not membranous. Flowers (inch spur) 24-27 mm, blue, violet-blue or lilac; perianth-segments directed forwards; spur more or less horizontal. Seeds 2-3 mm, densely covered with undulate scales. S. Europe, northwards to Slovenija, N. Romania and C. Ukraine. Al Bu Ga It Ju Rm Rs (W, E) Tu. A polymorphic species which should perhaps be divided. It varies greatly in the degree and nature of the pubescence on all parts, the bracts may be entire or the lower divided, and the leafsegments may be linear to lanceolate. D. sordidum Cuatrec. , Trab. Mus. den. Nat. Barcelona 12: 277 (1929), with broadly lanceolate leaf-segments and dirty yellowish- violet flowers with connivent, densely pubescent perianthsegments, was described from S. Spain (Sierra de Mâgina), and has been found once only.