Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Needled or Scaled Evergreen
Flowering Plants, Perennial
Origin
North America, United States, Western United States, Northwestern United States, California, Canada
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Types
mexicana , white spruce
Yellow Monkshood, Carmichael's Monkshood, Kamchatka Aconite
Number of Varieties
2250
0
40000
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Habitat
Alpine Meadows
low mountains
USDA Hardiness Zone
3-74-8
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
7-1
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Sunset Zone
A2, A3, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17
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
Pyramidal
Upright/Erect
Plant Size
Minimum Height
1,830.00 cm130.00 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
460.00 cm80.00 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
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Blue, Violet
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
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Fruit Color
Light brown
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Leaf Color in Spring
Blue Green, Steel Blue
Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Blue Green, Steel Blue
Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Blue Green
Green
Leaf Color in Winter
Blue Green
Green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Long hair-like leaves
Upright
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Fall, Summer
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial shade
Growth Rate
Medium
Medium
Type of Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Moist
The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral
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Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
Bloom Time
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Early Fall, Late Summer
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought
-
Where to Plant?
Ground
Ground
How to Plant?
reseeds, Seedlings
Divison
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Do not water excessively
Do Not over Water, Requires regular watering
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral
Neutral
Soil Type
Clay, Loam, Sand
Average, Moist
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Partial Sun
Pruning
Prune ocassionally, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Remove damaged leaves
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Needle rust
Citrus leaf miner, Leaf spot, Mealy bugs, Mites, Rust, Verticillium Wilt
Plant Tolerance
Light Frost
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
Fine
Bold
Foliage Sheen
Matte
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Birds
Bees
Allergy
-
breathing problems, Nausea, Rapid Heartbeat, Sweating, Vomiting, weakness
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Beautification, Landscape Designing, Woodland margins
Showy Purposes
Beauty Benefits
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-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification
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Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
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Gout, Heart problems, Inflammation, Joint pain, Kidney problems, Nerve pain, Wounds
Part of Plant Used
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Whole plant
Other Uses
guitar making, Used as Christmas Tree
Used in herbal medicines
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Feature Plant, Screening, Wind Break
Cutflower, Mixed Border
Botanical Name
PICEA engelmannii
Aconitum variegatum
Common Name
mountain spruce
Aconite, Monkshood, Wolf's bane, Leopard's bane, Mousebane, Women's bane, Devil's helmet, Queen of all Poisons, or Blue rocket
In Hindi
Engelmann spruce
बच्छनाभ
In German
Engelmann spruce
Eisenhut
In French
Engelmann spruce
aconit
In Spanish
Engelmann spruce
acónito
In Greek
Engelmann spruce
monkshood
In Portuguese
Engelmann spruce
Aconitum
In Polish
Engelmann spruce
tojad
In Latin
Engelmann spruce
aconitum
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Pinophyta
Magnoliophyta
Class
Pinopsida
Magnoliopsida
Order
Pinales
Ranunculales
Family
Pinaceae
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Picea
Aconitum
Clade
Angiosperms
Angiosperms, Eudicots
Tribe
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Delphinieae
Subfamily
-
-
Number of Species
2250
1
27800
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