Aconitum pulchellum Hand.-mazz.

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Aconitum

Characteristics

Caudex obconical, small, ca. 7 mm. Stem 6--30(--50) cm, simple, glabrous or spreading pubescent, with 1 or 2 leaves. Basal leaves 2 or 3, long petiolate; petiole 2.5--14.5 cm, glabrous, base shortly sheathed; leaf blade orbicular-pentagonal, 1--2 × 2--3.5 cm, 3-sect or-parted nearly to base; ultimate lobes narrowly ovate or orbicular-linear, 1--3 mm wide. Cauline leaves 1 or 2, at middle or below, shortly petiolate. Inflorescence 1--9-flowered; proximal bracts leaflike, distal ones linear. Pedicels 2--6 cm, retrorse pubescent, distally with few spreading hairs, with 2 bracteoles at middle; bracteoles linear, 3--5 mm. Sepals blue, adaxially sparsely pubescent or nearly glabrous; lateral sepals 1.3--1.6 cm; upper sepal galeate-navicular or galeate, 1.7--2 cm from base to beak. Petals glabrous or sparsely pubescent; lip ca. 3 mm, slender; spur curved, ca. 1.5 mm. Stamens glabrous or sparsely pubescent; filaments entire. Carpels 5, spreading yellow pubescent. Fr. Aug--Sep. 2n = 16*.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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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 pulchellum world distribution map, present in China, Myanmar, and Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:707738-1
WFO ID wfo-0000517942
COL ID 9GMM
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Synonyms

Aconitum pulchellum Aconitum handelianum Aconitum handelianum var. laxipilosum Aconitum pulchellum var. racemosum Aconitum pulchellum var. pulchellum