Aconitum lycoctonum

Aconitum lycoctonum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Angiosperms
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Aconitum
Species: A. lycoctonum
Binomial name
Aconitum lycoctonum
L.
Synonyms

Aconitum septentrionale Koelle
Aconitum vulparia Rchb.

Follicles and seeds

Aconitum lycoctonum (wolf's-bane[1] or northern wolfsbane) (Hindi : Bikh बिख )[2] is a species of flowering plant in the genus Aconitum, of the family Ranunculaceae, native to Europe and northern Asia.[3][4]

Lycoctonum is a rendering in modern Latin of the traditional name "wolf's bane".[5]

It is an 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.[6]

Like all species in the genus, it is poisonous.[6]

References

  1. "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  2. Pharmacographica indica Vol 1
  3. Flora Europaea: Aconitum lycoctonum
  4. Germplasm Resources Information Network: Aconitum lycoctonum
  5. Shorter Oxford English dictionary, 6th ed. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. 2007. p. 3804. ISBN 0199206872.
  6. 1 2 Blamey, M. & Grey-Wilson, C. (1989). Flora of Britain and Northern Europe. ISBN 0-340-40170-2
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