| Initials | Reference |
| BTW | B&T World Seeds |
| AGS | The Alpine Garden Society Journal (With Year) |
| DS | The Delphinium Society Year Book (With Year) |
| GAP | George A
Phillips in "Delphiniums Their History & Cultivation" |
| JK | Jason Kuntz,
Washington State University (With Year) |
| LR | L Russell, USA (With Year) |
| MA | Mr & Mrs M
Ayling, England, in France (With Year) |
| sw-b | Sun Wei-Bang, Associate Professor & Deputy Director, Kunming Botanical Gardens of KIB, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, Yunnan, P.R.China |
| WR | Wayne Roderick, USA (With Year) |
| l | D. leroyi |
| w | D. wellbyi |
| e | D. elatum |
| c | D. cardinale |
| UH | University Hybrid (Legro) |
| z | D. zalil syn. D. semibarbatum |
| n | D. nudicaule |
| m | D. macrocentron |
| Species An underlined entry represents a link to an ilustration on an associated web-site. |
Species Hybrid | Ploidy | Colour | Scent | Reference (With Dates) |
Location (Where Known) |
| D.ajacis | x | x | x | x | AGS(88/89)2353 | x |
| D.andersonii | x | x | x | x | AGS(88/89)2354 | x |
| D.beesianum Ref. 1 |
x | x | x | x | AGS(ACE 2436) | x |
| D.beesianum W H Smith Ref. 2 |
x | x | Inflorescence
is a corymb 3-6cm long and bearing 1 - 5 flowers. Blue or blue-purple flowers appearing from September to October. Top sepal 1.5-2.4cm long and 0.8-1.2cm wide. Two vars., viz., beesianum and latisectum. |
x | DS (2003): sw-b | Lijiang,
Zhongdian and Deqin of NW Yunnan, China. In grasses or on rocky mountain slopes at 3,500-4,700m. Extremely hardy species. |
| D.biternatum | x | 2n=16 | White (Annual) | x | DS(1967) DS(1971) |
x |
| D.brunonianum | x | 2n=16 | Blue Greenish blue and white |
x | AGS
67(3);324(1999) 2356AGS(01/02)2042 |
Afghanistan |
| D.bulleyanum Forrest ex Diels | x | x | x | x | DS (2003): sw-b | Lijiang,
Zhongdian and Deqin of NW Yunnan, China. Flowers from August to September. Extremely hardy species. |
| D.cardinale | x | 2n=16 | Scarlet | x | GAP(1933) DS(1971) |
x |
| D.carolinianum v.penhardi | x | 2n=16 | White | x | GAP(1933) | Colorado, Texas & Arizona |
| D.cashmerianum | x | x | x | x | 2357AGS(01/02) | x |
| D.caucasicum | x | x | Dwarf plants with large solitary lavender flowers on short stems to sturdy spike-formers 40cm or more tall on exposed cinder screes. | x | AGS(67(3),280(1999) | x |
| D.chrysotrichumvar. tsarongense Hand.-Mazz. | x | x | 8-12cm tall
with many branchlets sprouting from the base. Branchlets and pedicels are covered with compact, creeping, hairs. Inflorescence is 4-6cm in length with only 1 or 2 violet-blue flowers. Compact with big, attractive, flowers; flowers in August. |
x | DS (2003): sw-b | Chawalong
region of Xizang (Tibet). Duokela and the Baimaxueshan Mt in Dequin county of Yunnan. Alpine meadows or scree slopes at 3,000 - 4,900m. |
| D.consolida | x | x | x | x | AGS(88/89)MA | x |
| D.delavayi Reference 1 |
x | x | x | x | 2359AGS(88/89) | x |
| D.delavayiand its variety latirhombicum W T Wang Reference 2 |
x | x | Purple flowers in July | x | DS (2003): sw-b | Sub-alpine: 2,500 - 3,000m Yunnan Perennial |
| D.delavayi Fr. and its variety pogonanthum Hand.-Mazz. Reference 2 |
x | x | Blue-purple flowers from July to November Top sepal 1.1-1.4cm long and 0.6-1cm wide Spur 6-2.1cm long. |
x | DS (2003): sw-b | Sub-alpine: 2,600 - 3,600m Yunnan Perennial to 1m Racemes 12-40cm long with 5 - 15 flowers |
| D.denudatum | x | x | x | x | AGS(01/02)6522 | x |
| D.depauperatum | x | x | x | x | AGS(88/89)LR | x |
| D.dictyocarpum | x | x | x | x | AGS(01/02)2544 | x |
| D.elatum This species is illustrated on page 15 of The Delphinium Society's new publication, 'The Delphinium Garden'. |
x | 2n=16 2n=4x=32 |
Cornflower blue | x | AGS67(3),313(1999) DS(1967) DS(1971) |
In the Russian Altai (1967). |
| D.flexuosum | x | 2n=16 | ? | x | DS(1967) | x |
| D.forrestii Diels | x | 2n=16 | 18 - 40cm
tall Non-branched stem with a clustered raceme of 1.5 - 5cm in length containing 5 - 10 flowers. Flowers grey-blue and covered with whitish long hairs. Flowers from September to October. Two varieties, viz., viride with a glabrous stem and forrestii with a stem covered in soft hairs. |
x | DS(2003): sw-b | Alpine
rhododendron thickets or open meadows 3,200 - 4,100m in Nw Yunnan Big Snow Mt (Daxueshan) on the border of Yunnan and Sichuan. |
| D.geraniifolium | x | x | x | x | AGS(01/02)2545 | x |
| D.glareosum | x | x | x | x | 2360AGS(01/02) | x |
| D.glaucum | x | x | x | x | AGS(01/02)506 | x |
| D.grandiflorum | x | x | Blue | x | 2362/3/4AGS(01/02)2546 | x |
| D.gypsophilum | x | 2n=2x=16 2n=4x=32 |
Very pale
blue(2x) Dark blue(4x) |
x | JK(01)Seed RDB(02)Plants |
x |
| D.hesperium | x | x | x | x | AGS(1988/89) | x |
| D.leroyi | x | 2n=2x=16 2n=4x=32 |
White | Yes | DS(1967) | x |
| D.likiangense | x | 2n=2x=16 2n=4x=32 |
x | Reputed to have scent | 2366AGS(01/02)2557 | x |
| D.luteum | x | 2n=16 | Yellow Biennial Close to extinction. Alpine house |
x | AGS67(1),43(1999) AGS67(4),413(1999)-photo 2367AGS(01/02)2552 |
x |
| D.macrocentron | x | 2n=2x=16 2n=4x=32 |
Greenish blue and white | x | DS(1967) DS(1971) |
x |
| D.menziesii | x | 2n=2x=16 2n=4x=32 |
x | x | 2368AGS(01/02)2553 | x |
| D.middendorfii | x | 2n=16 | Lilac blue (annual) | x | 2369AGS(01/02) | x |
| D.mirabile | x | 2n=16 | Low
growing. Short sprays of intense dark-blue flowers. |
x | AGS67(3),313(1999) AGS(01/02)6523 |
x |
| D.monanthum Hand.-Mazz. | x | 2n=16 | Plant less than
20cm tall. Extremely hardy, a real alpine. Flower colour varies from deep blue to bright blue and even to whitish purple. |
x | DS 2003:
sy-b |
White Horse
Snow Mt. Deqin County, Yunnan Yunnan's last County by the Dian-Zang national road to Tibet. At altitude of 4,000 - 5,000m |
| D.nudicaule | x | 2n=16 | Vermilion | x | DS(1967) DS(1971) 2370AGS(01/02)2554 |
x |
| D.nudicaule var.luteum | x | 2n=16 | Creamy yellow | x | DS(1967) DS(1971) |
x |
| x | x | Blue | x | AGS(01/02) | x | |
| D.orientale | x | 2n=16 | Purple (annual) | x | DS(1967) DS(1971) |
x |
| D.oxysepalum | x | 2n=16 | x | x | AGS66(1),80(1998) 2372AGS(01/02)2556 |
Western
Tatra Carpathian endemic |
| D.pallescens | x | x | x | x | WR | x |
| D.palmatum | x | 2n=4x=32 | Blue | x | DS(1967) | x |
| D.palmatifidum | x | 2n=16 | Blue | x | DS(1971) | x |
| D.parishii | x | x | x | x | AGS(01/02) | x |
| D.przewaldskyi | x | 2n=16 | Pale Yellow,
sometimes tipped blue July & August 1- 2ft |
x | GAP(1933) DS(1967) AGS(01/02) |
Mongolia |
| D.pylzowii | x | x | Violet-blue July & August 9in |
x | GAP(1933) AGS(01/02) |
China |
| D.requienii | x | x | Lilac Blue | x | 2376AGS(01/02)2558 | x |
| D.speciosum | x | 2n=16 | x | x | AGS(01/02)2560 | x |
| D.staphisagria | x | x | x | x | 2378AGS(01/02)2561 | x |
| D.suave | x | x | x | x | 2379AGS(01/02) | x |
| D.szovitsianum | x | 2n=16 | Bluish Purple | x | DS(1967) | x |
| D.szovitsianum | x | 2n=16 | Bluish Purple | x | DS(1967) | x |
| D.taliense Fr. | x | 2n=16 | Purple blue flowers from August to November | x | DS(2003) sw-b | Grassland or forest edges, Yunnan |
| D.triste | x | 2n=16 | Dark Brown | x | DS(1967) DS(1971) |
x |
| D.trolliifolium | x | x | x | x | AGS(01/02)2563 | x |
| D.uliginosum | x | 2n=16 | x | x | AGS(01/02)2564 | x |
| D.variegatum | x | x | x | x | AGS(88/89)WR;2381 | x |
| D.wellbyi | x | 2n=16 2n=4x=32 |
Pale Blue | x | DS(1967) | x |
| D.wrightii W T Wang | x | 2n=16 | Dark
purple Flowers September to October. |
x | DS(2003): sw-b | x |
| D.yanwaense W T Wang | x | 2n=16 | Flowers in July; 30cm | x | DS(2003): sw-b | x |
| D.yuanum
Chen |
x | x | Deep blue flowers in July.s | x | DS (2003): sw-b | Lijiang,
Zhongdian and Deqin of NW Yunnan, China. In grasses or on rocky mountain slopes at 3,500-4,700m. Extremely hardy species. |
| D.zalil syn.D.semibarbatum |
x | 2n=16 | Yellow | x | DS(1967) DS(1971) |
x |
| x | D. leroyi x D. cardinale | 2n=4x=32 | White and rosy purple | x | DS(1967) | x |
| x | D. leroyi x D. macrocentron | 2n=16 | Greenish white | x | DS(1967) | x |
| x | D. leroyi x D. wellbyi | 2n=4x=32 | Pale lavender | x | DS(1967) | x |
| x | D. macrocentron x D. wellbyi | 2n=4x=32 | Sky blue | x | DS(1967) | x |
| x | D. macrocentron x D. leroyi | 2n=16 | Greenish white | x | DS(1967) | x |
| x | D. nudicaule x D. triste | 2n=16 | Sepia brown | x | DS(1967) | x |
| x | D. nudicaule x D. cardinale | 2n=4x=32 | Vermilion | x | DS(1967) | x |
| x | D. przewaldskyi x D. leroyi | 2n=4x=32 | Cream | x | DS(1967) | x |
| x | D. zalil x D. cardinale | 2n=4x=32 | Reddish purple | x | DS(1967) | x |
| x | D.zalil x D. leroyi | 2n=16 2n=4x=32 |
Creamy yellow | x | DS(1967) | x |
| x | D.zalil x D. macrocentron | 2n=4x=32 | Greenish yellow | x | DS(1967) | x |
| x | D. wellbyi x D. leroyi | 2n=16 2n=4x=32 |
Pale lavender | x | DS(1967) | x |
| x | e.l.w x e | 2n=4x=32 | Shades of blue | x | DS(1971) | x |
| x | l x c | 2n=4x=32 | White to pink | x | DS(1971) | x |
| x | l.c x e | 2n=4x=32 | Deep blue single | x | DS(1971) | x |
| x | l.w x e | 2n=4x=32 | Varying blue | x | DS(1971) | x |
| x | m.w.e x e | 2n=4x=32 | Shades of blue | x | DS(1971) | x |
| x | m.w.e selfed (F2) | 2n=4x=32 | Shades of blue | x | DS(1971) | x |
| x | m x l | 2n=16 | Greenish white | x | DS(1971) | x |
| x | w x l | 2n=4x=32 | Pale lavender | x | DS(1971) | x |
| x | z x l | 2n=4x=32 | Creamy yellow, scented | x | DS(1971) | x |
| x | z.l x z | 2n=4x=32 | Shades of yellow | x | DS(1971) | x |
| x | UH | 2n=4x=32 | Shades of red | x | DS(1971) | x |
| x | l.w x w | 2n=16; 2n=4x=32 |
Pale lavender | x | DS(1971) | x |
| x | l.c x e | 2n=4x=32 | Deep blue single | x | DS(1971) | x |
| x | l.c x e | 2n=4x=32 | Deep blue single | x | DS(1971) | x |
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