Aconitum
Aconitum, known as aconite, monkshood, wolfsbane, leopard's bane, women's bane, Devil's helmet or blue rocket, is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae). There are over 250 species of Aconitum.
| Monkshood | |
|---|---|
| 250px | |
| Aconitum variegatum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Division: | |
| Class: | |
| Order: | |
| Family: | |
| Genus: | Aconitum L., 1753
|
,_07-09-2024._(actm.).jpg){kind=link}
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).. |
 |
Wikispecies has information on: Aconitum. |
Aconitum Media
- Aconitum-noveboracense01.jpg
Northern blue monkshood (A. noveboracense)
- Aconitum vulparia opened flower.jpg
Dissected flower of Aconitum vulparia, showing the nectaries
- Aconitum in its natural habitat.png
Aconitum delphinifolium growing in its natural habitat. The plant thrives in wet soil with good drainage, amongst fireweed, false hellebore, yarrow, alpine rice, alpine foxtail, nootka lupine, alpine bistort, devil's club, and cow parsnip in the rocky, tundra-like, mountainous terrain of Turnagain Pass, Alaska.
- Monkshood.jpg
Monkshood, Aconitum napellus
- Bushi2012.jpg
Plant as used in Chinese-style herbology (crude medicine) (in Japanese)
- Delphinieae cladogram.png
Subgenera of Aconitum and related taxa
- Aconitum napellus01.jpg
- Aconitumnapellus
- Aconitum-reclinatum01.jpg
Trailing white monkshood (A. reclinatum)
- Aconitum-uncinatum01.jpg
Southern blue monkshood (A. uncinatum)