Delphinium grandiforum, Bya rkang Delphinium grandiflorum, Bya rkang བྱ་རྐང༌ Bya rkang, བྱ་རྐང༌ (Tibetan) Dakhangu (Sanskrit); Asbarg (Hindi) D. grandiflorum: Cui Que Hua (TCM) D. kamaonense: Zhan Mao Cui Que Hua (TCM) Delphinium grandiflorum(The Botanical Register, Edward’s, 1820) Delphinium grandiflorum ‘Dwarf Blue Butterfly’(Photo by David Stang) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Delphinium grandiflorumThe Delphiniums are difficult to classify and have many varieties. Over 2 dozen species are reported in the Himalayas and Tibet.In Tibetan, Bya rkang is regarded as one type of Ti Mu Sa (Delphinium caeruleum), of which there are 3 main types recognised: Lo btsan chen po: small type with pale blue-white flowers, found at high altitude; D. albocaeruleum, D. chrisotrichum, D. tenii Gyu lung: pale blue flowers, found in lower altitudes Bya rkang: dark blue flowers, found in lowest altitude of the three Also reportedly synonymous or collected indiscriminately are D. caeruleum, D. candelabrum, D. ceratophorum, D. bhutanicum, D. himalayae, D. pachycentrum, D. roylei, D. tatsiense, D. triste, D. trichophorum, D. viscosumKletter also lists D. denudatum as one of the plants collected as Bya rkang.Other species of Delphinium recognised in Tibetan Medicine include Bya rgod spos (Delphinium brunonianum), Ga bur tis lo (Delphinium trichorum), Ti mu sa (Delphinium caeruleum), Lo…

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