Delphinium savatieri Franchet, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 330. 1882; D. kweichowense W. T. Wang; D. minutum H. Léveillé & Vaniot; D. robertianum H. Léveillé & Vaniot.

Spur 0.6--1.1 cm, base 1.5--2 mm in diam.; other sepals 0.6--0.9 cm. Staminode limb ovate, 2-lobed, emarginate, or sometimes entire, base broadly cuneate.

Forest margins, scrub, shady grassy slopes in hilly or low-montane regions; below 100 to 1300 m. Anhui, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, S Jiangsu, Jiangxi, S Shaanxi, Sichuan, NE and SE Yunnan, Zhejiang [N Vietnam].