Aconitum lycoctonum

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Aconitum lycoctonum

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Aconitum
Species: A. lycoctonum
Binomial name
Aconitum lycoctonum
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Aconitum lycoctonum (Northern Wolfsbane; syn. A. septentrionale Koelle) is a species of the genus Aconitum, native to Europe and northern Asia.[1][2]

It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 1 m tall. The leaves are palmately lobed with four to six deeply cut lobes. The flowers are 18–25 mm long, dark violet, rarely pale yellow.[3]

Like all species in the genus, it is poisonous.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Flora Europaea: Aconitum lycoctonum
  2. ^ Germplasm Resources Information Network: Aconitum lycoctonum
  3. ^ a b Blamey, M. & Grey-Wilson, C. (1989). Flora of Britain and Northern Europe. ISBN 0-340-40170-2
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