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Aconitum volubile

Botanic Family

Ranunculaceae

Author

Pallas ex Koelle

Propagation

D.S.

Common Names

• Wan wu tou (Pinyin)
• Hana-kazuru (Japan)
• Hana-zuru (Japan)

Geographical Habitats

• Heilongjiang
• Jilin
• Liaoning - China
• Kyushu - Japan
• Kazakhstan
• Korea
• Mongolia
• Altay
• Amur
• Irkutsk
• Krasnoyarsk
• Primorye
• West Siberia
• Tuva
• Yakutskiya - Russia

Natural Habitats

• Grassland
• forest
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• Aug-Sep (China) Mid-late Summer Jul-Aug (Siberia)
• Sep-Oct (Japan)

Fruiting Times

Herbaceous perennial tuberous-rooted twiner to 4.5m, hairy on upper parts. Trilobed leaves the lobes of leaves pinnate. Terminal and lateral racemes or panicles of 30mm long purple & green or light blue flowers with hooked spur at apex, glabrous follicles to 17mm long

Further References

• Huxley 1992
• FOC
• RHS A-Z
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• FOJ
• USNH
• Kew