Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Flowering Plants, Perennial
Broadleaf Evergreen
Origin
-
New Zealand
Types
Yellow Monkshood, Carmichael's Monkshood, Kamchatka Aconite
-
Number of Varieties
2503
0
40000
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Habitat
low mountains
Coastal Regions
USDA Hardiness Zone
4-88-11
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
Upright/Erect
Plant Size
Minimum Height
130.00 cm610.00 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
80.00 cm240.00 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Blue, Violet
White
Flower Color Modifier
-
Bicolor
Fruit Color
-
White, Blue
Leaf Color in Spring
Green
Burgundy, Dark Red, Copper
Leaf Color in Summer
Green
Burgundy, Dark Red, Copper
Leaf Color in Fall
Green
Burgundy, Dark Red, Copper
Leaf Color in Winter
Green
Burgundy, Dark Red, Copper
Shape
Leaf Shape
Upright
Long Narrow
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Fall, Summer
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial shade
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade
Growth Rate
Medium
Fast
Type of Soil
Moist
Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
-
Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
Bloom Time
Early Fall, Late Summer
Late Spring, Early Summer, Summer
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
-
Drought, Salt
Where to Plant?
Ground
Ground
How to Plant?
Divison
Stem Planting, Transplanting
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Do Not over Water, Requires regular watering
Average Water Needs
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Neutral
Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Type
Average, Moist
Loam, Sand
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves
Prune if you want to improve plant shape, Remove damaged leaves, 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
Coarse
Foliage Sheen
Matte
-
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Bees
Caterpillar, Moths
Allergy
breathing problems, Nausea, Rapid Heartbeat, Sweating, Vomiting, weakness
Asthma
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Showy Purposes
Beautification, Landscape Designing, 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
Diabetes, Dysentry, Stomach pain
Part of Plant Used
Whole plant
Leaves, Root, Stem
Other Uses
Used in herbal medicines
Decoration Purposes, Employed in herbal medicine, Showy Purposes, Used As Food, Used as Ornamental plant
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Cutflower, Mixed Border
Container, Feature Plant, Foundation, Houseplant, Screening, Wind Break, Tropical
Botanical Name
Aconitum variegatum
CORDYLINE australis 'Red Star'
Common Name
Aconite, Monkshood, Wolf's bane, Leopard's bane, Mousebane, Women's bane, Devil's helmet, Queen of all Poisons, or Blue rocket
Cabbage Palm
In Hindi
बच्छनाभ
गोभी पेड़
In German
Eisenhut
Cabbage tree
In French
aconit
arbre de chou
In Spanish
acónito
árbol de la col
In Greek
monkshood
λάχανο δέντρο
In Portuguese
Aconitum
repolho árvore
In Polish
tojad
kapusta drzewo
In Latin
aconitum
brassica ligno
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Liliopsida
Order
Ranunculales
Asparagales
Family
Ranunculaceae
Asparagaceae
Genus
Aconitum
Acidosasa
Clade
Angiosperms, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Monocots
Tribe
Delphinieae
-
Subfamily
-
Lomandroideae
Number of Species
2504
1
27800
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