Life Span
Perennial
Annual and Perennial
Type
Flowering Plants, Perennial
Broadleaf Evergreen
Origin
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Africa, Southern Africa
Types
Yellow Monkshood, Carmichael's Monkshood, Kamchatka Aconite
Drakensberg sugarbush, Clanwilliam sugarbush, The Wagon tree
Number of Varieties
2501600
0
40000
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Habitat
low mountains
Subtropical climates, Tropical regions
USDA Hardiness Zone
4-810-11
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
-
12-8
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
H1, 22, 23, 24
Habit
Upright/Erect
-
Plant Size
Minimum Height
130.00 cm91.44 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
80.00 cm91.44 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Blue, Violet
-
Flower Color Modifier
-
Bicolor
Fruit Color
-
-
Leaf Color in Spring
Green
-
Leaf Color in Summer
Green
-
Leaf Color in Fall
Green
-
Leaf Color in Winter
Green
-
Shape
Leaf Shape
Upright
Egg-shaped
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Fall, Summer
Fall, Spring
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial shade
Full Sun
Growth Rate
Medium
-
Type of Soil
Moist
Clay
The pH of Soil
-
Acidic
Soil Drainage
Well drained
-
Bloom Time
Early Fall, Late Summer
All year
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
-
-
Where to Plant?
Ground
Ground
How to Plant?
Divison
Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Low
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Do Not over Water, Requires regular watering
Requires a lot of watering
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Neutral
Neutral
Soil Type
Average, Moist
Loam, Sand
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Partial Sun
Full Sun
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves
Pinch Tips, Remove branches, 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
Red blotch
Plant Tolerance
Drought
-
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
-
Foliage Sheen
Matte
-
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Bees
Flying insects, Insects
Allergy
breathing problems, Nausea, Rapid Heartbeat, Sweating, Vomiting, weakness
-
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Showy Purposes
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
Cough, Diarrhea, Stomach Ulcers
Part of Plant Used
Whole plant
Flowers
Other Uses
Used in herbal medicines
Used for its medicinal properties
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Cutflower, Mixed Border
Container, Cutflower, Feature Plant, Mixed Border, Rock Garden / Wall
Botanical Name
Aconitum variegatum
PROTEA
Common Name
Aconite, Monkshood, Wolf's bane, Leopard's bane, Mousebane, Women's bane, Devil's helmet, Queen of all Poisons, or Blue rocket
Protea, Waboom, Wagon Tree
In Hindi
बच्छनाभ
Protea plant
In German
Eisenhut
Protea Pflanze
In French
aconit
usine de Protea
In Spanish
acónito
planta de protea
In Greek
monkshood
φυτό Protea
In Portuguese
Aconitum
planta Protea
In Polish
tojad
Protea roślin
In Latin
aconitum
Protea herba
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Vascular plant
Class
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ranunculales
Proteales
Family
Ranunculaceae
Proteaceae
Genus
Aconitum
Protea
Clade
Angiosperms, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Eudicots
Tribe
Delphinieae
Proteae
Subfamily
-
Proteoideae
Number of Species
2501600
1
27800
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