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Bookmark or Share- Monkshood | Description, Major Species, Facts, & Poisonwolfsbane or aconite. Related Topics: ‘Sparks variety’ monkshood. southern blue monkshood. Carmichael’s monkshood. aconitine. common monkshood. (Show more) monkshood, (genus Aconitum ), genus of more than 200 species of showy perennial herbs of the buttercup family ( Ranunculaceae ).
- Aconitum napellus (Monkshood): A Purple PoisonAconitum napellus (A. napellus, also known as monkshood or wolfsbane) is a perennial herb often grown as an ornamental plant due to its attractive blue to dark purple flowers. All parts of the plant, especially the roots, contain toxins. Aconitine is the most dangerous of these toxins.
- How to Grow and Care for Monkshood - BBC Gardeners World MagazineMonkshood ( Aconitum) also known as wolfsbane and common aconite, is a beautiful, stately perennial with tall spires of purple-blue flowers from mid- to late summer. It looks similar to delphinium, to which it's related. It's a great plant for the middle or back of a cottage or herbaceous border.
- Monkshood Poisoning: What to Know - WebMD5 min read. Monkshood, also commonly called wolfsbane, has appeared throughout human history — notably in European, especially Greek, myths. This plant has pretty purple flowers but also a...
- Aconitum - North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant ToolboxLeopard's bane. Monkshood. Queen of poisons. Wolfsbane. Woman's bane. Phonetic Spelling. ah-kon-EE-tum. This plant has high severity poison characteristics. See below. Description. This is a genus of over 250 species of herbaceous perennials of which most are extremely poisonous.
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