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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Aconitum lycoctonum''
| image = Aconitum septentrionale.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Ranunculales]]
| familia = [[Ranunculaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Aconitum]]''
| species = '''''A. lycoctonum'''''
| binomial = ''Aconitum lycoctonum''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
}}
'''''Aconitum lycoctonum''''' ('''Northern Wolfsbane'''; syn. ''A. septentrionale'' Koelle) is a species of the genus ''[[Aconitum]]'', native to [[Europe]] and northern [[Asia]].<ref name=fe>Flora Europaea: [http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Aconitum&SPECIES_XREF=lycoctonum&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= ''Aconitum lycoctonum'']</ref><ref name=grin>Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?401434 ''Aconitum lycoctonum'']</ref>
It is a [[herbaceous]] [[perennial plant]] growing to 1 m tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are palmately lobed with four to six deeply cut lobes. The [[flower]]s are 18–25 mm long, dark violet, rarely pale yellow.<ref name=blamey>Blamey, M. & Grey-Wilson, C. (1989). ''Flora of Britain and Northern Europe''. ISBN 0-340-40170-2</ref>
Like all species in the genus, it is [[poison]]ous.<ref name=blamey/>
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