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Aconitum uncinatum L.

Southern blue monkshood (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Aconitum

Characteristics

Roots tuberous, tubers distally not obviously bulblike, 10-30 × 5-15 mm, parent tuber producing several (ca. 5) daughter tubers separated from parent by connecting rhizomes 5-30 mm. Stems erect, reclining or climbing, 3-25 dm. Cauline leaves: blade 3-5-divided, usually with more than 2 mm leaf tissue between deepest sinus and base of blade, 4-10 cm wide, segment margins cleft and toothed. Inflorescences open racemes or panicles. Flowers commonly blue, 2.5-5 cm from tips of pendent sepals to top of hood; pendent sepals 10-18 mm; hood conic-hemispheric, 15-27 mm from receptacle to top of hood, 13-24 mm wide from receptacle to beak apex.
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Stem slender, weak, often leaning on other plants, arising from a turnip-like root as in no. 1 [Aconitum noveboracense A. Gray], but the new root well separated from the old one by a slender stalk; cauline lvs numerous, deeply 3–5-cleft into narrow or broadly rhomboid segments; infl short, few-fld, often glabrous as in no. 1 [Aconitum noveboracense A. Gray]; fls blue; helmet 15–22 mm long, mostly higher than long, the hood somewhat prolonged upward and ± evidently differentiated from the projecting beak. Rich woods; s. Pa. to O. and s. Ind., s. to N.C., w. S.C., n. and w. Ga., and c. Tenn. Aug.–Oct. Two vars.:
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Low woods and damp slopes. Wet areas along streams and in springs, also less mesic locations in woods and clearings at elevations of 200-2,000 metres.
Light 4-8
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 1-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Medicine (unspecified), 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 uncinatum world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:707923-1
WFO ID wfo-0000518235
COL ID 9GSP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Aconitum volubine Aconitum uncinatum Aconitum scandens Aconitum uncinatum var. acutidens Aconitum uncinatum var. alpinum Aconitum uncinatum var. linnaeanum Aconitum uncinatum var. michauxianum Aconitum uncinatum subsp. muticum Aconitum uncinatum var. muticum Aconitum uncinatum var. uncinatum Aconitum uncinatum var. linnaeanum Aconitum uncinatum var. michauxianum
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