Aconitum duclouxii H.Lév.

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Aconitum

Characteristics

Caudex carrot-shaped, ca. 6 cm, ca. 2 cm in diam. Stem 50--100 cm, simple or branched, basally glabrous, apically sparsely retrorse pubescent. Proximal cauline leaves long petiolate; petiole 36--40 cm, nearly glabrous, base shortly sheathed; leaf blade reniform-pentagonal, 12--20 × 16--30 cm, herbaceous, abaxially glabrous, adaxially sparsely pubescent, 3-sect; central segment long stipitate, triangular, ultimate lobes linear-lanceolate or narrowly triangular; middle cauline leaf 1, shortly petiolate, smaller. Inflorescence ca. 40 cm, many flowered; rachis and pedicels densely retrorse white pubescent and spreading yellow pubescent; basal bracts leaflike, others ovate. Pedicels 2--4.5 cm, with 2 bracteoles at middle or below; bracteoles elliptic or ellipsoid-ovate, 0.8--1.4 cm × 4--4.5 mm. Sepals purple, abaxially mixed white and yellow pubescent; lower sepals ca. 1.4 cm; lateral sepals ca. 1.5 cm; upper sepal navicular-galeate, 1.8--2 cm from base to beak. Petals glabrous; limb ca. 1 cm; lip ca. 5 mm; spur ca. 1 mm. Stamens glabrous; filaments 2-denticulate. Carpels 5, yellowish pubescent. Fl. Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.47 - 0.98
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 5 - 270
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
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Distribution

Aconitum duclouxii world distribution map, present in China and Myanmar

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:707327-1
WFO ID wfo-0000517207
COL ID 9G9G
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Aconitum bullatifolium Aconitum acaule Aconitum coriophyllum Aconitum duclouxii Aconitum dielsianum Aconitum nagarum f. dielsianum Aconitum nagarum f. leiocarpum Aconitum bullatifolium var. dielsianum Aconitum bullatifolium var. leiocarpum Aconitum nagarum var. acaule Aconitum nagarum var. heterotrichum Aconitum napellus var. acaule Aconitum duclouxii var. duclouxii