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Aconitum uncinatum

Botanic Family

Ranunculaceae

Author

Linnaeus

Propagation

D.S.

Common Names

• Wild Monk's Hood

Geographical Habitats

• Alabama
• District of Colombia
• Georgia
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Kentucky
• Maryland
• Missouri
• North Carolina
• New Hampshire
• Ohio
• Pennsylvania
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Virginia
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin - USA

Natural Habitats

• Woodland
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• Jul-Aug

Fruiting Times

Slender herb with climbing stems. 3-5 lobed leaves to 100mm long glabrous or nearly so. Pubescent panicles or racemes of 25mm diameter deep blue or lilac flowers. Beaked follicles to 14mm long.

Poisonous roots

Further References

• Bailey 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• FOSEUS