Register of Species, Species Hybrids
& Cultivars of Species Hybrids

Delphinium


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


An example of the interspecific hybrid notation which may help in understanding the "shorthand" being used in the following table is given as follows:- UH x l.c This means that a University Hybrid was crossed by a species hybrid derived from a cross between D. leroyi (female parent) and D. cardinale (male parent).



Species

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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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