Aconitum vulparia Rchb.

Wolfsbane (en), Aconit tue-loup (fr), Coqueluchon jaune (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Aconitum

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous herb. It grows 1-1.35m high.
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) 1.0 - 1.35
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Woods and bushy places in damp shady places
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 1-5
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-7

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible roots
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°) 15 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -35
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Aconitum vulparia leaf picture by Diego Alex (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Aconitum vulparia flower picture by Diego Alex (cc-by-sa)
Aconitum vulparia flower picture by Gottfried Zivithal (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Aconitum vulparia world distribution map, present in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, France, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Slovenia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:707955-1
WFO ID wfo-0000518321
COL ID 9GTM
BDTFX ID 648
INPN ID 80070
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Aconitum vulparia Aconitum gracilescens Aconitum thalianum Aconitum tragoctonum Aconitum penninum Aconitum lasiostomum f. velutinum Aconitum croaticum Aconitum pauciflorum Aconitum puberulum Aconitum velebiticum Aconitum velutinum Lycoctonum paishanense Aconitum beckianum Aconitum vulparia f. tragoctonum Aconitum lycoctonum var. vulparia Aconitum lycoctonum subsp. vulparia Aconitum vulparia subsp. pauciflorum Aconitum vulparia var. cynoctonum Aconitum lycoctonum var. penninum Aconitum vulparia subsp. penninum Aconitum vulparia subsp. platanifolium Aconitum vulparia subsp. thalianum Aconitum lycoctonum var. puberulum Aconitum lycoctonum var. thalianum Aconitum lycoctonum var. cynoctonum Aconitum vulparia f. adenocarpum Aconitum vulparia f. adenosepalum Aconitum vulparia f. beckianum Aconitum vulparia f. monauense Aconitum vulparia f. myoctonum Aconitum vulparia f. praecox