Aconitum uncinatum

Aconitum uncinatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Order:Ranunculales
Family:Ranunculaceae
Genus:Aconitum
Species: A. uncinatum
Binomial name
Aconitum uncinatum
L., 1762[1]

Aconitum uncinatum, commonly known as wild monkshood[2] or southern blue monkshood,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the Ranunculaceae (buttercup) family. It grows in moist to wet habitats along streams and in woods and clearings.[2][4] It grows in the eastern United States in the Appalachian Mountains, on the Piedmont, and on the upper Atlantic Coastal Plain.[4]

Illustration of Aconitum uncinatum

References

  1. ↑ "Aconitum uncinatum L." International Plant Names Database. Retrieved 2018-04-08.
  2. 1 2 "Aconitum uncinatum (wild monkshood)". Go Botany. New England Wildflower Society. Retrieved 2018-04-08.
  3. ↑ "Aconitum uncinatum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 2018-04-08.
  4. 1 2 Brink, D.E.; Woods, J.A. (1997). "Aconitum uncinatum". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee. Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 3. New York and Oxford. Retrieved 2018-04-08 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.


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