Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Flowering Plants, Perennial
Grass
Origin
-
Europe, Asia
Types
Yellow Monkshood, Carmichael's Monkshood, Kamchatka Aconite
Blue Oat grass
Number of Varieties
250-
0
40000
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Habitat
low mountains
Cropland, gardens, Grassland, Roadsides
USDA Hardiness Zone
4-84-9
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
1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 15, 16, 17, 23, 24
Habit
Upright/Erect
Clump-Forming
Plant Size
Minimum Height
130.00 cm20.50 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
80.00 cm30.50 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Blue, Violet
Brown
Flower Color Modifier
-
Bicolor
Fruit Color
-
Brown
Leaf Color in Spring
Green
Gray Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Green
Light Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Green
Dark Green
Leaf Color in Winter
Green
Tan, Brown
Shape
Leaf Shape
Upright
Grass like
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Fall, Summer
-
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial shade
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Growth Rate
Medium
Medium
Type of Soil
Moist
Loam
The pH of Soil
-
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Average
Bloom Time
Early Fall, Late Summer
Early Summer
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
-
Drought
Where to Plant?
Ground
Ground
How to Plant?
Divison
Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Do Not over Water, Requires regular watering
Does not require lot of watering, Water occasionally
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
Loam
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Average
Sun Exposure
Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves
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
Red blotch
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Drought
Flowers
✔
✘
✔
✘
Flower Petal Number
-
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Bold
-
Foliage Sheen
Matte
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Bees
-
Allergy
breathing problems, Nausea, Rapid Heartbeat, Sweating, Vomiting, weakness
Asthma, Itchy eyes
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Showy Purposes
-
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
-
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Gout, Heart problems, Inflammation, Joint pain, Kidney problems, Nerve pain, Wounds
Arthritis, Headache, Stomach pain
Part of Plant Used
Whole plant
Whole plant
Other Uses
Used in herbal medicines
Used as a nutritious food item
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Cutflower, Mixed Border
Bedding Plant, Feature Plant, Groundcover
Botanical Name
Aconitum variegatum
ARRHENATHERUM
Common Name
Aconite, Monkshood, Wolf's bane, Leopard's bane, Mousebane, Women's bane, Devil's helmet, Queen of all Poisons, or Blue rocket
Oatgrass
In Hindi
बच्छनाभ
जई घास
In German
Eisenhut
Ährengras
In French
aconit
Folle avoine
In Spanish
acónito
oat Grass
In Greek
monkshood
βρώμη Grass
In Portuguese
Aconitum
aveia-
In Polish
tojad
Owies trawa
In Latin
aconitum
oat Grass
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
-
Class
Magnoliopsida
Liliopsida
Order
Ranunculales
Poales
Family
Ranunculaceae
Poaceae
Genus
Aconitum
Danthonia
Clade
Angiosperms, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Commelinids, Monocots
Tribe
Delphinieae
Aveneae
Subfamily
-
Danthonioideae
Number of Species
250450
1
27800
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