Highland Flowers in Tibet

Oct 04,2013 ｜ by

highland flower

These flowers of delphinium grandiflorum by the roadside travelling from Lhasa to Kathmandu were very charming and attracted us immediately. Their leaves are deeply lobed with 3 to 7 toothed, pointed lobes in a palmate shape. The main flowering stem is erect, and varies greatly in size between the species, from 10 centimeters in some alpine species, up to 2 meters tall in the larger meadowland species. In July and August, the plant is topped with a raceme of many flowers, varying in color from purple and blue, to red, yellow, or white.