Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Flowering Plants, Perennial
Flowering Plants, Fruits, Herbs, Shrubs
Origin
-
Australia, South America
Types
Yellow Monkshood, Carmichael's Monkshood, Kamchatka Aconite
Adams Elderberry, Black Beauty Elderberry, Black Lace Elderberry, Johns Elderberry, Nova Elderberry
Number of Varieties
2500
0
40000
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Habitat
low mountains
Farms, Homesteads, Near organic waste disposal
USDA Hardiness Zone
4-84-8
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
-
8-1
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
2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 14, 15, 16, 17
Habit
Upright/Erect
Upright/Erect
Plant Size
Minimum Height
130.00 cm9.00 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
80.00 cm8.00 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Blue, Violet
White
Flower Color Modifier
-
-
Fruit Color
-
Purple, Red
Leaf Color in Spring
Green
Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Green
Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Green
Yellow green
Leaf Color in Winter
Green
-
Shape
Leaf Shape
Upright
Compound
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Fall, Summer
Early Spring
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial shade
Full Sun, Part sun
Growth Rate
Medium
Medium
Type of Soil
Moist
Loamy, Sandy, Well drained
The pH of Soil
-
Slightly Acidic
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Average
Bloom Time
Early Fall, Late Summer
Early Spring, Spring
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
-
Pollution
Where to Plant?
Ground
Ground
How to Plant?
Divison
Grafting, Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Do Not over Water, Requires regular watering
Requires regular watering, Use Mulches to help prevent water loss during hot and windy weather
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Neutral
Slightly Acidic
Soil Type
Average, Moist
Loamy, Sandy, Well drained
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Average
Sun Exposure
Partial Sun
Full Sun, Part sun
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves
Cut or pinch the stems, No pruning needed in the early stages, Prune for shortening long shoots, Prune if you want to improve plant shape, Prune in winter, Prune ocassionally, Remove deadheads
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Citrus leaf miner, Leaf spot, Mealy bugs, Mites, Rust, Verticillium Wilt
Canker, Leaf spot, Powdery mildew, Stem spot, Tomato Ringspot Virus
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
Birds
Allergy
breathing problems, Nausea, Rapid Heartbeat, Sweating, Vomiting, weakness
Diarrhea, Nausea, Vomiting
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
constipation, Fever, Heart problems, High cholestrol, HIV/AIDS, Nerve pain, swine flu
Part of Plant Used
Whole plant
Flowers, Fruits
Other Uses
Used in herbal medicines
-
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Cutflower, Mixed Border
-
Botanical Name
Aconitum variegatum
Sambucus nigra
Common Name
Aconite, Monkshood, Wolf's bane, Leopard's bane, Mousebane, Women's bane, Devil's helmet, Queen of all Poisons, or Blue rocket
Elderberry
In Hindi
बच्छनाभ
Elderberry
In German
Eisenhut
Holunderbeere
In French
aconit
Sureau
In Spanish
acónito
Saúco
In Greek
monkshood
Elderberry
In Portuguese
Aconitum
Sabugueiro
In Polish
tojad
Bez czarny
In Latin
aconitum
Elderberry
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ranunculales
Dipsacales
Family
Ranunculaceae
Adoxaceae
Genus
Aconitum
Sambucus
Clade
Angiosperms, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
Tribe
Delphinieae
-
Subfamily
-
-
Number of Species
25030
1
27800
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