Monkshood
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Monkshood (Aconitum) - Tall and handsome herbaceous plants, of the Buttercup order, dangerous from their poisonous roots. There are many names, but not so many species of value for our gardens.
Monkshood
Aconitum 'Spark's Variety'
Genus: Aconitum
Cultivar: 'Spark's Variety' ...
Monkshood
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Monkshood
Scientific Name: Aconitum cammarum L.
Synonym:
Family: Ranunculaceae ...
Monkshood, Helmet Flower
Tall, showy stalks of helmet-shaped flowers rise above the palm-like foliage. Flowers come in blue, purple, white or yellow.
Garden Monkshood, Aconite, Bear´s-Foot, Blue-Rocket, Friar´s-Cap, Garden Wolfsbane, Helmet-Flower, Monkshood, Queen´s Fettle, Soldier´s-Cap, True Monkshood, Turk´s-Cap, Venus' Chariot, Wolfbane
Common Names in French: ...
Aconitum carmichaelii
( Arendsii Monkshood )
Erect perennial with beautiful hooded, deep blue flowers borne on racemes in late summer to early autumn. Foliage is dark green, highly divided and glossy. May need staking in windy sites.
Monkshood often is mistaken for its cousin Delphinium barbeyi; the two grow in similar moist habitats and both have broad, leafy, sometimes shrub-like growth, and very tall flower stalks. Delphinium, though, reaches seven feet and Monkshood only five.
Monkshood is not merely named for the flowers' resemblance to monks' cowls, but for the greater resemblance to the war helmets of knights who took monks' vows before riding fully armored to the Crusades, ...
Monkshood
The hooded flowers - an inviting, singular jewel-like blue - seem to be climbing the dreaming spires. The hardy flowers give off the aura of English country gardens of Burpee's imagination. Like other aconitum, handle with care.
Monkshood: Aconitum cammarum 'Newry Blue'; A. carmichaelii 'Barkers Variety' (amethyst blue); A. henryi 'Sparks Variety' (deep blue) and 'Bicolor' (white and blue); A. napellus (dark blue) ...
Monkshood, Chinese - Aconitum carmichaelii
Mountain Mint - Pycnanthemum
Mugwort - Artemisia lactiflora ...
'Arendsii' monkshood (A. carmichaelii 'Arendsii') H 45 cm, W 180 cm, f to s, Zone 3
'White Pearl' snakeroot (Actaea matsumurae 'White Pearl' syn. Cimicifuga simplex 'White Pearl') H 60 cm, W 120 cm, s to f, Zone 4 ...
(Monkshood, Wolfsbane, Family: Ranunculaceae)
Acorus gramineus variegatus (Sweet Flag, Family: Acoraceae)
Acrostichum aureum (Piai Raya, Golden Leather Fern, Mangrove Fern , Family: Pteridaceae) ...
Aconitum (Monkshood) - poisonous; irritant to and via the skin
Actaea section Actaea (Baneberry) - poisonous; irritant to and via the skin
Aesculus (Horse chestnut) - somewhat poisonous ...
Monkshood, Aconite, or Wolfsbane
Alfalfa or Lucerne
Alsike Clover, Red Clover, White Clover
Arrowgrass
Baneberry, Dolls Eyes, White Cohosh, Snakeberry
Belladonna or Deadly Nightshade
Birdsfoot Trefoil
Black Locust ...
Ampelopsis aconitifolia Bunge - Monkshood Vine[1]
Ampelopsis arborea (L.) Koehne - Peppervine[2]
Ampelopsis bodinieri (H.Lev & Vaniot) Rehder[3]
Ampelopsis brevipedunculata (Maxim.) Trautv. - Porcelain Berry
(according to GRIN this a synonym of A.
The cultivar name 'Aconitifolium' refers to the fact that its ferny foliage resembles that of monkshood (Aconitum). This beautiful tree makes a great specimen plant and is very hardy.
In the monkshood genus, Aconitums, all species and cultivars are extremely poisonous. This is not a good choice for a garden where children are present.
ACONITUM Often called Monkshood. Looks something like a delphinium, grows 1 to 2 m high (3 to 6 ft) high according to variety. Blue flowers. In season from July to September. My favourite, Spak's variety, a deep blue, 1.5 m (5 ft).
Aconitum columbianum. Monkshood.
Botany in a Day
Delphinium bicolor. Larkspur Delphinium. Tobacco Root Mountains. Pony, Montana.
A tea prepared from the young inflorescences is used to treat enteritis, constipation and gynaecological disorders. The sap is taken as an antidote against monkshood (Aconitum spp.) poisoning and to alleviate drunkenness.
Cardinal flower is a spectacular show along the edge of a pond or water garden. Don't be discouraged if you have a low, wet area: create a colorful perennial flower bed with irises, monkshood, cannas, ferns, horsetails, and masses of cardinal flowers.
Nombres relacionados: Acónito de los Alpes (castellano), Acónito salutífero (castellano), Aconitum zolty (sinónimo), Arilbica jedhojova (eslovaco), Ranunculaceae (familia), Tora groga (catalán), Yellow monkshood (inglés).
Floración: Verano ...
Aconitifolium: the leaves have an appearance similar to the fern-like leaves of the genus Aconitum (Monkshood).
Meadowsweet, Medium-flowered Wintercress, Medlar, Metake, Mexican Fleabane, Mezereon, Michaelmas Daisy, Midland Hawthorn, Military Orchid, Milk-parsley, Mind your own Business, Mistletoe, Monk's Rhubarb, Monkey Orchid, Monkeyflower, Monkshood, ...
Monkshood (Aconitum species)
Moonlight cactus (Selenicereus species)
Moonstones (Pachyphytum oviferum)
Morning glory (Ipomoea species)
Morning glory (Convolvulus species)
Moth orchid (Phalaenopsis species) ...
 See also: Aster, Chrysanthemum, Pink, Hibiscus, Anemone
  
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