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{{SPlantbox
|familia=Ranunculaceae
|genus=Aconitum
|species=lycoctonum
|common_name=Badger's bane, Wolfsbane
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|habit=herbaceous
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Min ht box=5
|Min ht metric=ft
|Max ht box=7
|Max ht metric=ft
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Min wd box=2
|Min wd metric=ft
|Max wd box=3
|Max wd metric=ft
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|poisonous=yes
|poison_ref=Wikipedia
|lifespan=perennial
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|exposure=sun, part-sun
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|features=flowers
|flower_season=early summer, mid summer, late summer, early fall, mid fall, late fall
|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|flowers=orange, yellow, blue, purple, white
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=3
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|max_zone=9
|image=Aconitum lycoctonum inflorescence 1 AB.jpg
|image_width=200
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'''''Aconitum lycoctonum''''' ('''Northern Wolfsbane''')(hindi : Bikh बिख )<ref name=PI1>Pharmacographica indica Vol 1 [http://www.archive.org/stream/pharmacographia00dymogoog#page/n32/mode/1up/search/lycoctonon]</ref>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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Aconitum lycoctonum, Linn. (A. barbatum, Patr. A. squarrosum, A. ochroleucum, Willd.). Pale YelLow Wolfsbane. St. slender, simple, 3-6 ft.: lvs. deeply cut into 5-9 lobes; long prt.ioles and under ribs pubescent: fls. yellow or whitish, in racemes; helmet a pinched elongated cone; middle sepals usually bearded: fr. usually 3-celled. June-Sept. Eu., Siberia. B.M. 2570. G.M.34:124.
Aconitum lycoctonum, Linn. (A. barbatum, Patr. A. squarrosum, A. ochroleucum, Willd.). Pale YelLow Wolfsbane. St. slender, simple, 3-6 ft.: lvs. deeply cut into 5-9 lobes; long prt.ioles and under ribs pubescent: fls. yellow or whitish, in racemes; helmet a pinched elongated cone; middle sepals usually bearded: fr. usually 3-celled. June-Sept. Eu., Siberia.{{SCH}}
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==Cultivation==
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==Gallery==
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Image:Aconitum lycoctonum lycoctonum W.jpg| photo 1
Image:Aconitum lycoctonum flower front 1 AB.jpg| photo 2
Image:Upload.png| photo 3
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==References==
==References==
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<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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