Aconitum maximum Pall. ex Dc.

Kamchatka aconite (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Aconitum

Characteristics

Subspecies 2 (1 in the flora): maritime and subalpine areas of w North America, and Asia (Russian Far East and Japan).
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 0.2
Root system adventitious-root rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Sub-alpine meadows and thickets, Aleutian Islands to S.W. Alaska. Meadows, thickets, and forests from sea level to 300 metres. Birch groves and shrub thickets on the slopes of river terraces in Kamchatka.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 1-5
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-8

Usage

Uses medicinal poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use Poison (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 5 - 270
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Aconitum maximum world distribution map, present in Russian Federation and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:707574-1
WFO ID wfo-0000517629
COL ID 9GH5
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Aconitum maximum Aconitum kamtschaticum Aconitum maximum f. album Aconitum luxurians Aconitum kamtschaticum var. maximum Aconitum kamtschaticum var. luxurians Aconitum maximum var. hultenii Aconitum maximum var. kamtschaticum Aconitum maximum var. pallasianum Aconitum maximum subsp. maximum