Life Span
Perennial
Annual
Type
Flowering Plants, Perennial
Ornamental Plants, Shrubs
Origin
-
Eastern Europe, Western Asia
Types
Yellow Monkshood, Carmichael's Monkshood, Kamchatka Aconite
Kochia Indica, Neokochia californica
Number of Varieties
250140
0
40000
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Habitat
low mountains
gardens, Temperate Regions
USDA Hardiness Zone
4-83-11
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
-
12 - 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
A1, A2, A3, 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
Habit
Upright/Erect
Upright/Erect
Plant Size
Minimum Height
130.00 cm120.00 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
80.00 cm90.00 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Blue, Violet
-
Flower Color Modifier
-
Bicolor
Fruit Color
-
-
Leaf Color in Spring
Green
Light Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Green
-
Leaf Color in Fall
Green
Gray Green, Burgundy, Crimson
Leaf Color in Winter
Green
Light Green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Upright
Linear
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Fall, Summer
Fall
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial shade
Full Sun
Growth Rate
Medium
Fast
Type of Soil
Moist
Clay, Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
-
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Average
Bloom Time
Early Fall, Late Summer
Summer
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
-
Drought
Where to Plant?
Ground
Ground
How to Plant?
Divison
Stem Cutting, Transplanting
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Do Not over Water, Requires regular watering
occasional watering once established, Requires consistently moist soil
In Summer
Lots of watering
Moderate
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Less Watering
Soil
Soil pH
Neutral
Neutral
Soil Type
Average, Moist
Well drained
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Loamy, Well drained
Sun Exposure
Partial Sun
Bright direct sunlight
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves
Pinch or prune as they grow to promote branching and bushiness, Remove dead branches
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Citrus leaf miner, Leaf spot, Mealy bugs, Mites, Rust, Verticillium Wilt
Aphids, Mosquito
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Heat Tolerance, Humidity
Flowers
✔
✘
✔
✘
Flower Petal Number
-
-
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Bold
Fine
Foliage Sheen
Matte
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Bees
Butterflies, Leaf Hoppers
Allergy
breathing problems, Nausea, Rapid Heartbeat, Sweating, Vomiting, weakness
Eye irritation, Respiratory problems
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Showy Purposes
Beautification, Landscape Designing
Beauty Benefits
-
For treating wrinkles, Making cosmetics, Removes dandruff, Skin cleanser
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
-
Provides ground cover
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Gout, Heart problems, Inflammation, Joint pain, Kidney problems, Nerve pain, Wounds
Diabetes, Hypotensive, Obesity
Part of Plant Used
Whole plant
Leaves
Other Uses
Used in herbal medicines
Cattle Fodder, Sauces, Traditional medicine, Used for fragrance, Wood log is used in making fences
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Cutflower, Mixed Border
Groundcover
Botanical Name
Aconitum variegatum
BASSIA scoparia
Common Name
Aconite, Monkshood, Wolf's bane, Leopard's bane, Mousebane, Women's bane, Devil's helmet, Queen of all Poisons, or Blue rocket
Burningbush, Kochia
In Hindi
बच्छनाभ
Bassia scoparia
In German
Eisenhut
Besen-Radmelde
In French
aconit
Bassia scoparia
In Spanish
acónito
Kochia scoparia
In Greek
monkshood
Bassia scoparia
In Portuguese
Aconitum
Bassia scoparia
In Polish
tojad
Mietelnik żakula
In Latin
aconitum
Bassia scoparia
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Angiosperms
Class
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ranunculales
Caryophyllales
Family
Ranunculaceae
Chenopodiaceae
Genus
Aconitum
Bassia
Clade
Angiosperms, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Eudicots
Tribe
Delphinieae
-
Subfamily
-
Camphorosmoideae
Number of Species
2504
1
27800
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