Life Span
Annual
Perennial
Type
Perennial
Flowering Plants, Perennial
Origin
Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean, Central America
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Types
Perennials
Yellow Monkshood, Carmichael's Monkshood, Kamchatka Aconite
Number of Varieties
40250
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40000
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Habitat
Desert
low mountains
USDA Hardiness Zone
2-114-8
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99
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AHS Heat Zone
12 - 6
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Sunset Zone
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
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
Clump-Forming
Upright/Erect
Where to Plant?
Ground
Ground
How to Plant?
Seedlings
Divison
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Average Water Needs
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
Alkaline
Neutral
Soil Type
Well drained
Average, Moist
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun
Partial Sun
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Remove damaged leaves
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Red blotch
Citrus leaf miner, Leaf spot, Mealy bugs, Mites, Rust, Verticillium Wilt
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Drought
Botanical Name
MELAMPODIUM divaricatum
Aconitum variegatum
Common Name
Butter Daisy, Melampodium
Aconite, Monkshood, Wolf's bane, Leopard's bane, Mousebane, Women's bane, Devil's helmet, Queen of all Poisons, or Blue rocket
In Hindi
Melampodium
बच्छनाभ
In German
Melmpodiam
Eisenhut
In French
Melmpodiam
aconit
In Spanish
Melmpodiam
acónito
In Greek
Melmpodiam
monkshood
In Portuguese
Melmpodiam
Aconitum
In Polish
Melmpodiam
tojad
In Latin
Melmpodiam
aconitum