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'''''Aconitum napellus''''' (Monkshood, "aconite", "Wolf's Bane", ''Fuzi'', "Monk's Blood", or "Monk's Hood") is a species of ''[[Aconitum]]'' in the family [[Ranunculaceae]], native and [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to western and central [[Europe]]. It is a [[herbaceous]] [[perennial plant]] growing to 1 m tall, with hairless stems and leaves. The [[leaf|leaves]] are rounded, 5–10 cm diameter, palmately divided into five to seven deeply lobed segments. The [[flower]]s are dark purple to bluish-purple, narrow oblong helmet-shaped, 1–2 cm tall. Plants are grown in gardens in temperate zones for their spike-like inflorescences that are showy in early-mid summer and their attractive foliage. There are white and rose colored forms in cultivation too. {{Inc| Aconitum napellus, Linn. (A. tauricum, Jacq. A. pyramidale, Mill. A. inunctum, Koch). True Monkshood. Officinal Aconite. Fig. 111. The best known and most poisonous species, and used in medicine. Sts. erect, 3-4 ft.: lvs. divided to the base, and cleft 2-3 times into linear lobes: fls. blue, in a raceme; peduncles erect, pubescent; helmet broad and low, gaping, smoothish: fr. 3-4-celled. June, July.— Very many varieties, differing in shade of fls.. often mottled or lined with white. Var. album is nearly white. Var. bicolor and yar. versicolor, much used in gardens for the large blue and white fls. Reichenbach has divided this species into 20-30 species. A. Halleri is one of his divisions appearing in catalogues.{{SCH}} }} ==Cultivation== {{edit-cult}} ===Propagation=== {{edit-prop}} ===Pests and diseases=== {{edit-pests}} ==Species== Nine [[subspecies]] are accepted by the ''Flora Europaea'': *''Aconitum napellus'' subsp. ''napellus''. Southwest England. *''Aconitum napellus'' subsp. ''corsicum'' (Gáyer) W.Seitz. Corsica. *''Aconitum napellus'' subsp. ''firmum'' (Rchb.) Gáyer. Central and eastern Europe. *''Aconitum napellus'' subsp. ''fissurae'' (Nyár.) W.Seitz. Balkans to southwest Russia. *''Aconitum napellus'' subsp. ''hians'' (Rchb.) Gáyer. Central Europe. *''Aconitum napellus'' subsp. ''lusitanicum'' Rouy. Southwest Europe. *''Aconitum napellus'' subsp. ''superbum'' (Fritsch) W.Seitz. Western Balkans. *''Aconitum napellus'' subsp. ''tauricum'' (Wulfen) Gáyer. Eastern Alps, southern Carpathians. *''Aconitum napellus'' subsp. ''vulgare'' (DC.) Rouy & Foucaud. Alps, Pyrenees, northern Spain. Plants native to Asia and North America formerly listed as ''A. napellus'' are now regarded as separate species. ==Gallery== {{photo-sources}} <gallery> Image:AconitumNapellusByKoehler1887.jpg|19th century illustration Image:Aconitum napellus JPG1a.jpg| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963    ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__

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