Basilica delavaya ( lat. Thalictrum delavayi ) is a perennial herb , a species of the genus Basiliscus ( Thalictrum ).
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Chinese name: 偏 翅 唐松 草 pian chi tang song cao [3] .
At the end of the 19th century, Abbot Jean-Marie Delavay discovered this species in Yunnan Province (China) [4] .
Basil Planting is cultivated as a flowering garden plant.
Spread
Forests, shrubs, hills, grass-covered slopes, shady places along streams, wet rocky ledges at altitudes of 1,800-3,400 meters above sea level.
China ( Guizhou , Sichuan , Tibet Autonomous Region , Yunnan ) [3] .
Botanical description
Perennial herbaceous plant. The height of adult plants to 60-200 cm, in a culture of 150 cm.
Rhizome short. The lower leaves are three times or four-leafy, about 40 cm. Petiole 1.4–8 cm. The leaves are oval or elliptical, three-lobed or solid, 0.5–3 × 0.3–2 (–2.5 cm). Radical leaves wither during flowering.
The flowers are actinomorphic , without spur (unlike some other plants of this family), small, purple-pink, collected in large, frivolous scyphoid panicles , 15-40 cm. Pedicle 8-25 mm. Sepals 4 (or 5), sizes: 6-14 × 2.2-7 mm. Many stamens , length 5-7 mm.
Blossoms in June-September. The fruit is a leaflet, the seeds are oblong, large, ripen in August [5] [3] .
In culture
In central Russia winters under light shelter. Very beautiful and most decorative among the representatives of the genus. Winter-hardy without shelter, subject to planting on well-aerated soils [6] .
He has an AGM (Award of Garden Merit) award - an annual award from the Royal Society of Gardeners [7] .
The following are recommended as companions: Molinia caerulea subsp arundinacea 'Transparent', Physocarpus opulifolius 'Diabolo', Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light' and Geranium x riversleaianum 'Mavis Simpson' [4] .
Varieties and varieties
- Thalictrum delavayi var. decorum . A variety that has a smaller size [4] .
- ' Album' . White flowers [6] .
- ' Hewlett's Double' . Relatively low and slowly growing variety. Height is 1 m, flowers are lilac-lilac. The stamens grew so large that the flowers began to resemble miniature pompons. Bloom later in August. It looks like a gypsophila . It grows well in any garden soil and can even put up with cold peat soils [6] .
Notes
- ↑ About the conditionality of specifying the class of dicotyledons as a higher taxon for the group of plants described in this article, see the section “APG Systems” of the article “Dicotyledons” .
- ↑ Thalictrum delavayi Franch. The Plant List. The appeal date is March 25, 2015.
- 2 1 2 3 Thalictrum delavayi Franchet, Bull. Soc. Bot. France. 33: 367. 1886. . efloras.org. The appeal date is March 25, 2015.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Carol Klein. How to grow: Thalictrum delavayi // Telegraph. - Telegraph Media Group Limited, 17 Aug 2002.
- ↑ Shevyreva N., Konovalova T. Flowers - Clouds. (Vasilistniki) // In the world of plants: Journal. - 2007. - № 1 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 Y. Bazhenov. Clouds on the grass // Do-it-yourself garden: journal. - 2002. - № 5 .
- ↑ Thalictrum delavayi . The Royal Horticultural Society. The appeal date is March 25, 2015.
Links
- Thalictrum delavayi . eFlora. - botanical illustration. The appeal date is March 25, 2015