Butter Daisy

Aconitum

About Butter Daisy and Aconitum

Butter Daisy

Aconitum

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What is

Life Span

Annual

Perennial

Type

Flowering Plants

Flowering Plants, Perennial

Origin

Mexico, Central America

Types

MELAMPODIUM divaricatum 'Million Gold', MELAMPODIUM leucanthum, MELAMPODIUM divaricatum

Yellow Monkshood, Carmichael's Monkshood, Kamchatka Aconite

Number of Varieties

8250

0 40000

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Habitat

Loamy soils, Sandy areas, Well Drained

low mountains

USDA Hardiness Zone

6-94-8

0 99

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AHS Heat Zone

12 - 6

Sunset Zone

H1, H2, 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, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

Habit

Clump-Forming

Upright/Erect

Information

Plant Size

Minimum Height

60.96 cm130.00 cm

0 3900

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Minimum Width

30.48 cm80.00 cm

0 6350

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Plant Color

Flower Color

Yellow, Gold

Blue, Violet

Flower Color Modifier

Bicolor

Fruit Color

Sandy Brown

Leaf Color in Spring

Green

Leaf Color in Summer

Green

Leaf Color in Fall

Green

Leaf Color in Winter

Light Green

Green

Shape

Leaf Shape

Ovate

Upright

Thorns

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Season

Plant Season

Spring, Summer, Fall

Fall, Summer

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Full Sun, Partial Sun

Full Sun, Partial shade

Growth Rate

Fast

Medium

Type of Soil

Loam, Sand

Moist

The pH of Soil

Neutral

Soil Drainage

Well drained

Bloom Time

Indeterminate

Early Fall, Late Summer

Repeat Bloomer

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Tolerances

Drought

Care

Where to Plant?

Container, Ground, Pot

Ground

How to Plant?

Seedlings

Divison

Plant Maintenance

Medium

Watering Plants

Watering Requirements

Average Water Needs

Do Not over Water, Requires regular watering

In Summer

Lots of watering

In Spring

Moderate

In Winter

Average Water

Soil

Soil pH

Neutral

Soil Type

Loam, Sandy

Average, Moist

Soil Drainage Capacity

Well drained

Sun Exposure

Full Sun

Partial Sun

Pruning

Prune in early spring, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves

Remove damaged leaves

Fertilizers

slow-release fertilizers

All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer

Pests and Diseases

Red blotch

Citrus leaf miner, Leaf spot, Mealy bugs, Mites, Rust, Verticillium Wilt

Plant Tolerance

Drought

Facts

Flowers

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Flower Petal Number

Single

Fruits

Showy Fruit

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Edible Fruit

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Fragrance

Fragrant Flower

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Fragrant Fruit

✔ ✘

Fragrant Leaf

✔ ✘

Fragrant Bark/Stem

✔ ✘

Showy Foliage

✔ ✘

Showy Bark

✔ ✘

Foliage Texture

Medium

Bold

Foliage Sheen

Matte

Evergreen

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Invasive

✔ ✘

Self-Sowing

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Attracts

Butterflies

Bees

Allergy

allergic reaction, Avoid during Pregnancy

breathing problems, Nausea, Rapid Heartbeat, Sweating, Vomiting, weakness

Benefits

Uses

Aesthetic Uses

Showy Purposes

Beauty Benefits

Edible Uses

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Environmental Uses

Air purification

Plant Benefits

Medicinal Uses

Gout, Heart problems, Inflammation, Joint pain, Kidney problems, Nerve pain, Wounds

Part of Plant Used

Flowers, Seeds

Whole plant

Other Uses

Used as Ornamental plant

Used in herbal medicines

Used As Indoor Plant

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Used As Outdoor Plant

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Garden Design

Bonsai, Container

Cutflower, Mixed Border

Scientific Name

Botanical Name

MELAMPODIUM divaricatum 'Showstar'

Aconitum variegatum

Common Name

Butter Daisy

Aconite, Monkshood, Wolf's bane, Leopard's bane, Mousebane, Women's bane, Devil's helmet, Queen of all Poisons, or Blue rocket

In Hindi

Butterdaisy Plant

बच्छनाभ

In German

Butterdaisy Pflanze

Eisenhut

In French

Butterdaisy Plante

aconit

In Spanish

Planta Butterdaisy

acónito

In Greek

Butterdaisy φυτών

monkshood

In Portuguese

Butterdaisy Planta

Aconitum

In Polish

Butterdaisy roślin

tojad

In Latin

Planta Butterdaisy

aconitum

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Magnoliophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Ranunculales

Family

Asteraceae

Ranunculaceae

Genus

Melampodium

Aconitum

Clade

Angiosperms, Asterids, Campanuliden, Dicotyledonous

Angiosperms, Eudicots

Tribe

Millerieae

Delphinieae

Subfamily

Asteroideae

Number of Species

42250

1 27800

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Properties of Butter Daisy and Aconitum

Wondering what are the properties of Butter Daisy and Aconitum? We provide you with everything About Butter Daisy and Aconitum. Butter Daisy doesn't have thorns and Aconitum doesn't have thorns. Also Butter Daisy does not have fragrant flowers. Butter Daisy has allergic reactions like allergic reaction and Avoid during Pregnancy and Aconitum has allergic reactions like allergic reaction and Avoid during Pregnancy. Compare all the properties and characteristics of these two plants. Find out which of these plant can be used as indoor plant. If you are interested to decorate your house and garden, find out aesthetic uses, compare them and select the plant which will beautify your surrounding. Along with beautification, try comparing medicinal and edible uses of Butter Daisy and Aconitum and you can choose the plant having best and most benefits.

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Season and Care of Butter Daisy and Aconitum

Season and care of Butter Daisy and Aconitum is important to know. While considering everything about Butter Daisy and Aconitum Care, growing season is an essential factor. Butter Daisy season is Spring, Summer and Fall and Aconitum season is Spring, Summer and Fall. The type of soil for Butter Daisy is Loam, Sand and for Aconitum is Moist while the PH of soil for Butter Daisy is Neutral and for Aconitum is .

Butter Daisy and Aconitum Physical Information

Butter Daisy and Aconitum physical information is very important for comparison. Butter Daisy height is 60.96 cm and width 30.48 cm whereas Aconitum height is 130.00 cm and width 80.00 cm. The color specification of Butter Daisy and Aconitum are as follows:

Butter Daisy flower color: Yellow and Gold
Butter Daisy leaf color: Green
Aconitum flower color: Blue and Violet
Aconitum leaf color: Green

Care of Butter Daisy and Aconitum

Care of Butter Daisy and Aconitum include pruning, fertilizers, watering etc. Butter Daisy pruning is done Prune in early spring, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches and Remove dead leaves and Aconitum pruning is done Remove damaged leaves. In summer Butter Daisy needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water. Whereas, in summer Aconitum needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water.