Aconitum napellus

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names
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Read about Aconitum napellus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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. Gn. M. 4:34. R.V.8:2. Gn. 12, p. 362 — 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.^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Cultivation

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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.

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