Life Span
Perennial
Annual and Perennial
Type
Flowering Plants, Perennial
Aquatics
Origin
-
World/Pandemic
Types
Yellow Monkshood, Carmichael's Monkshood, Kamchatka Aconite
Utricularia graminifolia, Utricularia vulgaris, Utricularia gibba
Number of Varieties
250220
0
40000
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Habitat
low mountains
Lakes, stream banks
USDA Hardiness Zone
4-8-9999
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
-
-
Sunset Zone
1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
21,22
Habit
Upright/Erect
Spreading
Plant Size
Minimum Height
130.00 cm10.00 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
80.00 cm5.00 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Blue, Violet
Yellow, Purple, Lavender
Flower Color Modifier
-
-
Fruit Color
-
-
Leaf Color in Spring
Green
-
Leaf Color in Summer
Green
-
Leaf Color in Fall
Green
-
Leaf Color in Winter
Green
-
Shape
Leaf Shape
Upright
Orbicular
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Fall, Summer
Spring, Summer, Fall
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial shade
Full Sun
Growth Rate
Medium
Medium
Type of Soil
Moist
-
The pH of Soil
-
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Drainage
Well drained
-
Bloom Time
Early Fall, Late Summer
-
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
-
Wet Site
Where to Plant?
Ground
In Water
How to Plant?
Divison
Divison, Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Do Not over Water, Requires regular watering
Requires 4 to 8 inches of water above the soil line
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Neutral
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Type
Average, Moist
-
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
-
Sun Exposure
Partial Sun
Full Sun
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves
Cut away fading foliage, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Citrus leaf miner, Leaf spot, Mealy bugs, Mites, Rust, Verticillium Wilt
hair algae
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Wet Site
Flowers
✔
✘
✔
✘
Flower Petal Number
-
-
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Bold
Fine
Foliage Sheen
Matte
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Bees
Insects
Allergy
breathing problems, Nausea, Rapid Heartbeat, Sweating, Vomiting, weakness
Avoid during Pregnancy
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Showy Purposes
Showy Purposes, Water gardening
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
-
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Gout, Heart problems, Inflammation, Joint pain, Kidney problems, Nerve pain, Wounds
Diuretic, Vulnerary
Part of Plant Used
Whole plant
Leaves, Root
Other Uses
Used in herbal medicines
Food for animals, Showy Purposes
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Cutflower, Mixed Border
Bog Garden, Container, Water Gardens, Wildflower
Botanical Name
Aconitum variegatum
UTRICULARIA
Common Name
Aconite, Monkshood, Wolf's bane, Leopard's bane, Mousebane, Women's bane, Devil's helmet, Queen of all Poisons, or Blue rocket
Bladderwort
In Hindi
बच्छनाभ
Bladderwort plant
In German
Eisenhut
bladderwort Pflanze
In French
aconit
plante Bladderwort
In Spanish
acónito
planta bladderwort
In Greek
monkshood
φυτό υδρόβιο φυτό
In Portuguese
Aconitum
planta bladderwort
In Polish
tojad
Bladderwort roślin
In Latin
aconitum
bladderwort herba
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ranunculales
Scrophulariales
Family
Ranunculaceae
Lentibulariaceae
Genus
Aconitum
Utricularia
Clade
Angiosperms, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
Tribe
Delphinieae
-
Subfamily
-
Pitcairnioideae
Number of Species
250220
1
27800
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