Vasilis Teodoridis:
Ranunculaceae | Thalictrum
11. Thalictrum delavayi Franchet; Bull. Soc. Bot. France. 33: 367. 1886.
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Thalictrum delavayi
Credit: Harvard University Herbaria
Plants 0.6--2 m tall; glabrous. Stems branched. Basal leaves withered at anthesis. Stipules semiorbicular; margin lobed or entire; petiole 1.4--8 cm; leaf blade 3- or 4-pinnate; ca. 40 cm; leaflet blade orbicular-ovate; obovate; or elliptic; 0.5--3 x 0.3--2(--2.5) cm; herbaceous; base rounded or cuneate; apex obtuse or acute; 3-lobed; lobes entire or 1--3-toothed; veins flat or raised abaxially. Inflorescence paniculate; 15--40 cm. Pedicel 8--25 mm. Sepals 4(or 5); purplish tinged; oblong or long elliptic to ovate or broadly so; 6--14 x 2.2--7 mm. Stamens many; 5--7 mm; filament filiform; dilated distally; anther oblong; 0.1--1.8 mm; apex mucronate; mucro 0.01--1.5 mm. Carpels 15--22; style short; stigma inconspicuous. Achene stipe erect; 1--3 mm; body obliquely obovoid; 5--8 x 2.5--3.2 mm; veins ca. 8. Fl. Jun--Sep.
* Forests; scrub; hills; grassy slopes; shady places; along streams; damp rocky ledges; 1800--3400 m. W Guizhou; W Sichuan; Xizang; Yunnan.
11a. Thalictrum delavayi var. delavayi
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Thalictrum delavayi var. parviflorum Franchet; T. dipterocarpum Franchet; T. duclouxii H. Léveillé.
Sepals oblong or narrowly elliptic to ovate; 6--11 x 2.2--5 mm. Anther mucro (0.01--)0.1--0.15(--0.4) mm. Fl. Jun--Sep.
* Forests; scrub; damp rocky ledges; 1900--3400 m. W Sichuan; Xizang; Yunnan.
This variety is used medicinally.
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Ranunculaceae | Thalictrum
11. Thalictrum delavayi Franchet; Bull. Soc. Bot. France. 33: 367. 1886.
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Thalictrum delavayi
Credit: Harvard University Herbaria
Plants 0.6--2 m tall; glabrous. Stems branched. Basal leaves withered at anthesis. Stipules semiorbicular; margin lobed or entire; petiole 1.4--8 cm; leaf blade 3- or 4-pinnate; ca. 40 cm; leaflet blade orbicular-ovate; obovate; or elliptic; 0.5--3 x 0.3--2(--2.5) cm; herbaceous; base rounded or cuneate; apex obtuse or acute; 3-lobed; lobes entire or 1--3-toothed; veins flat or raised abaxially. Inflorescence paniculate; 15--40 cm. Pedicel 8--25 mm. Sepals 4(or 5); purplish tinged; oblong or long elliptic to ovate or broadly so; 6--14 x 2.2--7 mm. Stamens many; 5--7 mm; filament filiform; dilated distally; anther oblong; 0.1--1.8 mm; apex mucronate; mucro 0.01--1.5 mm. Carpels 15--22; style short; stigma inconspicuous. Achene stipe erect; 1--3 mm; body obliquely obovoid; 5--8 x 2.5--3.2 mm; veins ca. 8. Fl. Jun--Sep.
* Forests; scrub; hills; grassy slopes; shady places; along streams; damp rocky ledges; 1800--3400 m. W Guizhou; W Sichuan; Xizang; Yunnan.
11a. Thalictrum delavayi var. delavayi
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Thalictrum delavayi var. parviflorum Franchet; T. dipterocarpum Franchet; T. duclouxii H. Léveillé.
Sepals oblong or narrowly elliptic to ovate; 6--11 x 2.2--5 mm. Anther mucro (0.01--)0.1--0.15(--0.4) mm. Fl. Jun--Sep.
* Forests; scrub; damp rocky ledges; 1900--3400 m. W Sichuan; Xizang; Yunnan.
This variety is used medicinally.
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Ranunculaceae | Thalictrum
11. Thalictrum delavayi Franchet; Bull. Soc. Bot. France. 33: 367. 1886.
????? pian chi tang song cao
Thalictrum delavayi
Credit: Harvard University Herbaria
Plants 0.6--2 m tall; glabrous. Stems branched. Basal leaves withered at anthesis. Stipules semiorbicular; margin lobed or entire; petiole 1.4--8 cm; leaf blade 3- or 4-pinnate; ca. 40 cm; leaflet blade orbicular-ovate; obovate; or elliptic; 0.5--3 x 0.3--2(--2.5) cm; herbaceous; base rounded or cuneate; apex obtuse or acute; 3-lobed; lobes entire or 1--3-toothed; veins flat or raised abaxially. Inflorescence paniculate; 15--40 cm. Pedicel 8--25 mm. Sepals 4(or 5); purplish tinged; oblong or long elliptic to ovate or broadly so; 6--14 x 2.2--7 mm. Stamens many; 5--7 mm; filament filiform; dilated distally; anther oblong; 0.1--1.8 mm; apex mucronate; mucro 0.01--1.5 mm. Carpels 15--22; style short; stigma inconspicuous. Achene stipe erect; 1--3 mm; body obliquely obovoid; 5--8 x 2.5--3.2 mm; veins ca. 8. Fl. Jun--Sep.
* Forests; scrub; hills; grassy slopes; shady places; along streams; damp rocky ledges; 1800--3400 m. W Guizhou; W Sichuan; Xizang; Yunnan.
11a. Thalictrum delavayi var. delavayi
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Thalictrum delavayi var. parviflorum Franchet; T. dipterocarpum Franchet; T. duclouxii H. Léveillé.
Sepals oblong or narrowly elliptic to ovate; 6--11 x 2.2--5 mm. Anther mucro (0.01--)0.1--0.15(--0.4) mm. Fl. Jun--Sep.
* Forests; scrub; damp rocky ledges; 1900--3400 m. W Sichuan; Xizang; Yunnan.
This variety is used medicinall