PLANTS Profile for Aconitum (monkshood)

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PLANTS Profile

Aconitum L.
monkshood

Symbol:

ACONI

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ranunculaceae

Duration:

Growth Habit:

Native Status:

None

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©G.A. Cooper. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Department of Systematic Biology-Botany. United States, DC, Washington, National Cathedral, Bishop's Garden. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

More Information:

Images:
Aconitum L.

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Distribution:
Aconitum L.

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KY, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, NH, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, QC, YT)

Related Taxa:
Aconitum L.

View 25 genera in Ranunculaceae or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Aconitum anthora
yellow monkshood

Aconitum ×bicolor
twocolor monkshood

Aconitum carmichaelii
Carmichael's monkshood

Aconitum columbianum
Columbian monkshood

Aconitum delphiniifolium
larkspurleaf monkshood

Aconitum ferox
Indian aconite

Aconitum fischeri
Fischer monkshood

Aconitum infectum
Arizona monkshood

Aconitum lycoctonum

Aconitum maximum
Kamchatka aconite

Aconitum napellus
Venus' chariot

Aconitum noveboracense
northern blue monkshood

Aconitum reclinatum
trailing white monkshood

Aconitum uncinatum
southern blue monkshood

Aconitum variegatum
Manchurian monkshood

Aconitum vulparia
wolfsbane

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Aconitum L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Ranunculales
Family	Ranunculaceae – Buttercup family
Genus	Aconitum L. – monkshood

More Accounts and Images:
Aconitum L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18411.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

Time Generated: 11/03/2008 04:41 AM MST