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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Yellow Monkshood
| image = Aconitum anthora.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Ranunculales]]
| familia = [[Ranunculaceae]]
| genus = [[Aconitum]]
| species = '''''A. anthora'''''
| binomial = ''Aconitum anthora''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
}}
'''''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]].
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.
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.
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]].
It is considered {{Fact|date=February 2007}} a threatened plant in the Czech Republic.
== Synonyms ==
* ''Aconitum pseudanthora'' Blocki ex Pacz.
* ''Aconitum eulophum'' Rchb.
* ''Aconitum jacquinii'' Rchb.
* ''Aconitum nemorosum'' M.Bieb.
==References==
{{reflist}}
*{{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}}
*{{1728}}
[[Category:Poisonous plants]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = Yellow Monkshood
| image = Aconitum anthora.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Ranunculales]]
| familia = [[Ranunculaceae]]
| genus = [[Aconitum]]
| species = '''''A. anthora'''''
| binomial = ''Aconitum anthora''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
}}
'''''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]].
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.
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.
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]].
It is considered {{Fact|date=February 2007}} a threatened plant in the Czech Republic.
== Synonyms ==
* ''Aconitum pseudanthora'' Blocki ex Pacz.
* ''Aconitum eulophum'' Rchb.
* ''Aconitum jacquinii'' Rchb.
* ''Aconitum nemorosum'' M.Bieb.
==References==
{{reflist}}
*{{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}}
*{{1728}}
[[Category:Poisonous plants]]
