Aconitum napellus
Habit | bulbous
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Height: | ⇕ | 5 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 5. to 6 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6. |
Width: | ⇔ | 24 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 24. to 32 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 32. |
Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
Bloom: | ❀ | early summer, mid summer, late summer, early fall, mid fall, late fall |
Exposure: | ☼ | sun, part-sun |
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Features: | ✓ | flowers |
USDA Zones: | 5 to 9 | |
Flower features: | ❀ | blue, purple |
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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 to western and central Europe.
It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 1 m tall, with hairless stems and leaves. The leaves are rounded, 5–10 cm diameter, palmately divided into five to seven deeply lobed segments. The flowers 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.
ExpandRead about Aconitum napellus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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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.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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