Life Span
Perennial
Annual
Type
Flowering Plants, Perennial
Bulb or Corm or Tuber
Origin
-
China, Korea
Types
Yellow Monkshood, Carmichael's Monkshood, Kamchatka Aconite
Red Spider Lily, Magic Lily, Golden Spider Lily
Number of Varieties
250140
0
40000
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Habitat
low mountains
Along cemeteries
USDA Hardiness Zone
4-85-10
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
-
10-3
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
Clump-Forming
Plant Size
Minimum Height
130.00 cm50.80 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
80.00 cm22.90 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Blue, Violet
Yellow, Orange, Gold
Flower Color Modifier
-
Bicolor
Fruit Color
-
-
Leaf Color in Spring
Green
Green, Dark Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Green
Light Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Green
Several shades of Green
Leaf Color in Winter
Green
Light Green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Upright
Linear
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Fall, Summer
Summer, Fall
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial shade
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Growth Rate
Medium
Fast
Type of Soil
Moist
Clay, Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
-
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
Bloom Time
Early Fall, Late Summer
Late Summer, Early Fall
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
-
Drought
Where to Plant?
Ground
Ground
How to Plant?
Divison
From bulbs
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Do Not over Water, Requires regular watering
Water daily during growing season, water on alternate days
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
Clay, Loam, Sand
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
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
Medium
Foliage Sheen
Matte
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Bees
Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds
Allergy
breathing problems, Nausea, Rapid Heartbeat, Sweating, Vomiting, weakness
drowsiness, Vomiting
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Showy Purposes
Landscape Designing
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
-
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Gout, Heart problems, Inflammation, Joint pain, Kidney problems, Nerve pain, Wounds
anti-cancer, treating poison ivy, treating tumours
Part of Plant Used
Whole plant
Bulbs
Other Uses
Used in herbal medicines
Leaves are used as mosquito repellent, Used for its medicinal properties
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Cutflower, Mixed Border
Container, Cutflower, Feature Plant, Mixed Border, Rock Garden / Wall
Botanical Name
Aconitum variegatum
LYCORIS chinensis
Common Name
Aconite, Monkshood, Wolf's bane, Leopard's bane, Mousebane, Women's bane, Devil's helmet, Queen of all Poisons, or Blue rocket
Golden Surprise Lily, Spiderlily
In Hindi
बच्छनाभ
Lycoris Spider lily
In German
Eisenhut
Spinnenlilien
In French
aconit
Lycoris Spider lily
In Spanish
acónito
Lycoris Spider lily
In Greek
monkshood
Lycoris Spider lily
In Portuguese
Aconitum
Lycoris Spider lily
In Polish
tojad
Lycoris Spider lily
In Latin
aconitum
Lycoris Spider lily
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Angiosperms
Class
Magnoliopsida
Lilopsida
Order
Ranunculales
Liliales
Family
Ranunculaceae
Amaryllidaceae
Genus
Aconitum
Lycoris
Clade
Angiosperms, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Monocots
Tribe
Delphinieae
-
Subfamily
-
Amaryllidoideae
Number of Species
25080
1
27800
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