Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Flowering Plants, Perennial
Bulb or Corm or Tuber
Origin
-
Eastern Europe, Northern Africa, Western Asia
Types
Yellow Monkshood, Carmichael's Monkshood, Kamchatka Aconite
tecolate strain
Number of Varieties
2502
0
40000
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Habitat
low mountains
Lawn, Temperate Regions
USDA Hardiness Zone
4-87-11
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
21,22
Habit
Upright/Erect
Upright/Erect
Plant Size
Minimum Height
130.00 cm25.40 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
80.00 cm10.20 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Blue, Violet
White, Yellow, Red, Purple, Orange, Pink
Flower Color Modifier
-
Bicolor
Fruit Color
-
-
Leaf Color in Spring
Green
Blue 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
Palmate
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Fall, Summer
Spring, Summer
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial shade
Full Sun
Growth Rate
Medium
Fast
Type of Soil
Moist
Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
-
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
Bloom Time
Early Fall, Late Summer
Late Spring, Early Summer
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
-
Drought
Where to Plant?
Ground
Container, Ground, Pot
How to Plant?
Divison
From bulbs, Seedlings, Transplanting, Vegetative Reproduction
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Do Not over Water, Requires regular watering
Keep the Soil well drained, Requires plenty of water during the growing season
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Neutral
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Type
Average, Moist
Loam, Sand
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Partial Sun
Full 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
-
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Drought
Flowers
✔
✘
✔
✘
Flower Petal Number
-
Single, Double, Semi-Double
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
Insects, pollinators
Allergy
breathing problems, Nausea, Rapid Heartbeat, Sweating, Vomiting, weakness
Skin irritation
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Showy Purposes
along a porch, deck or patio, Bouquets, Cut Flowers, Hanging Basket
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
-
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Gout, Heart problems, Inflammation, Joint pain, Kidney problems, Nerve pain, Wounds
-
Part of Plant Used
Whole plant
Flowers
Other Uses
Used in herbal medicines
Basketary, deer resistant, Used as Ornamental plant
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Cutflower, Mixed Border
Bedding Plant, Container, Cutflower, Mixed Border
Botanical Name
Aconitum variegatum
RANUNCULUS asiaticus
Common Name
Aconite, Monkshood, Wolf's bane, Leopard's bane, Mousebane, Women's bane, Devil's helmet, Queen of all Poisons, or Blue rocket
Garden Ranunculus, Persian Buttercup
In Hindi
बच्छनाभ
Persian Buttercup
In German
Eisenhut
Asiatischer Hahnenfuß
In French
aconit
Renoncule des fleuristes
In Spanish
acónito
Persian Buttercup
In Greek
monkshood
Persian Buttercup
In Portuguese
Aconitum
ranúnculo
In Polish
tojad
Jaskier azjatycki
In Latin
aconitum
Persian Buttercup
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Vascular plant
Class
Magnoliopsida
-
Order
Ranunculales
Ranunculales
Family
Ranunculaceae
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Aconitum
Ranunculus
Clade
Angiosperms, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Eudicots
Tribe
Delphinieae
Ranunculeae
Subfamily
-
-
Number of Species
250600
1
27800
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