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| name = ''Aconitum anthora''
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| name = Yellow Monkshood
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| common_names = Yellow Monkshood, Healing Wolfsbane
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| color = IndianRed
 
| image = Aconitum anthora.jpg
 
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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| regnum = Plantae
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| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
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| divisio = Magnoliophyta
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| ordo = [[Ranunculales]]
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| classis = Magnoliopsida
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| familia = [[Ranunculaceae]]
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| ordo = Ranunculales
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| genus = [[Aconitum]]
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| familia = Ranunculaceae
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| species = '''''A. anthora'''''
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| genus = Aconitum
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| binomial = ''Aconitum anthora''
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| species = anthora
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| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
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Aconitum anthora, Linn. (A. pyrenaicum, Pall.). St. 1-2 ft.: lvs. parted almost to the base, parts deeply cut and lobed, more or less hispid beneath, smoothish above; petioles long: fls. in lateral and terminal racemes, pale yellow, often large; racemes or panicles generally pubescent; spur bent back or hooked; helmet arched, but cylindrical at base: follicles 5. June, July. S. Eu. B.M. 2654. Var. aureum, Hort., and several other varieties.{{SCH}}
 
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'''''Aconitum anthora''''', variously known as '''Anthora''', '''Yellow Monkshood''', or '''Healing Wolfsbane''', is a yellow flowering plant species of the genus ''[[Aconitum]]'' in the family [[Ranunculaceae]].
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==Cultivation==
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It's native range is widespread, but mainly in European mountains, such as  the [[Alps]] and the [[Carpathian Mountains|Carpathians]], and the northern parts of Asia. Like all Aconitum species, it has great variability, due to isolation and [[hybrid]]isation. Because of this polymorphism, ''Aconitum anthora'' is included in the ''Aconitum vulparia''-group. It flowers from July to September.
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===Propagation===
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Historically, its [[root]], which is [[tuber]]ous, was reputed to be a good [[antidote]], and counter-poision to poisons from 'thora'<ref>http://www.bookofherbs.com/g/Greater_Thora_ruggs.htm</ref> or ''[[Aconitum pardalianches]]'', whence its naming ''anthora'' or "against thora". This plant is extremely toxic to livestock and humans. Even small doses can be deadly.
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===Pests and diseases===
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The root contains a large amount of [[volatile salt]] and [[essential oil]], while the foliage and stems contain diterpenoid alkaloids. It has been used externally against [[rheumatism]] and deep pain, but it can irritate the skin. Internally, it has been used for weak [[pulse]], vegetable poisons (shoot), [[fever]]ish [[common cold|colds]], [[pneumonia]], [[croup]], heart conditions, and [[cardiac arrest]].
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==Varieties==
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It is considered {{Fact|date=February 2007}} a threatened plant in the Czech Republic.
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== Synonyms ==
   
* ''Aconitum pseudanthora''  Blocki ex Pacz.
 
* ''Aconitum pseudanthora''  Blocki ex Pacz.
 
* ''Aconitum eulophum'' Rchb.
 
* ''Aconitum eulophum'' Rchb.
 
* ''Aconitum jacquinii'' Rchb.
 
* ''Aconitum jacquinii'' Rchb.
 
* ''Aconitum nemorosum'' M.Bieb.
 
* ''Aconitum nemorosum'' M.Bieb.
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==References==
 
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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*{{cite web|url=http://greenfield.fortunecity.com/mother/100/herbs/herbs/a/aconiteaanthora.htm|title=Aconitum anthora|work=Herbal Harmony's Directory|accessdate=2006-01-16}}
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
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