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What is

Life Span

Annual and Perennial
Perennial

Type

Broadleaf Evergreen
Flowering Plants, Perennial

Origin

Africa, Southern Africa
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Types

Drakensberg sugarbush, Clanwilliam sugarbush, The Wagon tree
Yellow Monkshood, Carmichael's Monkshood, Kamchatka Aconite

Number of Varieties

1600250
0 40000
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Habitat

Subtropical climates, Tropical regions
low mountains

USDA Hardiness Zone

10-114-8
0 99
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AHS Heat Zone

12-8
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Sunset Zone

H1, 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

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Upright/Erect

Information

Plant Size

Minimum Height

91.44 cm130.00 cm
0 3900
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Minimum Width

91.44 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

-
-

Leaf Color in Spring

-
Green

Leaf Color in Summer

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Green

Leaf Color in Fall

-
Green

Leaf Color in Winter

-
Green

Shape

Leaf Shape

Egg-shaped
Upright

Thorns

Season

Plant Season

Fall, Spring
Fall, Summer

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Full Sun
Full Sun, Partial shade

Growth Rate

-
Medium

Type of Soil

Clay
Moist

The pH of Soil

Acidic
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Soil Drainage

-
Well drained

Bloom Time

All year
Early Fall, Late Summer

Repeat Bloomer

Tolerances

-
-

Care

Where to Plant?

Ground
Ground

How to Plant?

Seedlings
Divison

Plant Maintenance

Low
Medium

Watering Plants

Watering Requirements

Requires a lot of watering
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

Neutral
Neutral

Soil Type

Loam, Sand
Average, Moist

Soil Drainage Capacity

Well drained
Well drained

Sun Exposure

Full Sun
Partial Sun

Pruning

Pinch Tips, Remove branches, 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

Facts

Flowers

Flower Petal Number

-
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Fruits

Showy Fruit

Edible Fruit

Fragrance

Fragrant Flower

Fragrant Fruit

Fragrant Leaf

Fragrant Bark/Stem

Showy Foliage

Showy Bark

Foliage Texture

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Bold

Foliage Sheen

-
Matte

Evergreen

Invasive

Self-Sowing

Attracts

Flying insects, Insects
Bees

Allergy

-
breathing problems, Nausea, Rapid Heartbeat, Sweating, Vomiting, weakness

Benefits

Uses

Aesthetic Uses

Showy Purposes
Showy Purposes

Beauty Benefits

-
-

Edible Uses

Environmental Uses

Air purification
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Plant Benefits

Medicinal Uses

Cough, Diarrhea, Stomach Ulcers
Gout, Heart problems, Inflammation, Joint pain, Kidney problems, Nerve pain, Wounds

Part of Plant Used

Flowers
Whole plant

Other Uses

Used for its medicinal properties
Used in herbal medicines

Used As Indoor Plant

Used As Outdoor Plant

Garden Design

Container, Cutflower, Feature Plant, Mixed Border, Rock Garden / Wall
Cutflower, Mixed Border

Scientific Name

Botanical Name

PROTEA
Aconitum variegatum

Common Name

Protea, Waboom, Wagon Tree
Aconite, Monkshood, Wolf's bane, Leopard's bane, Mousebane, Women's bane, Devil's helmet, Queen of all Poisons, or Blue rocket

In Hindi

Protea plant
बच्छनाभ

In German

Protea Pflanze
Eisenhut

In French

usine de Protea
aconit

In Spanish

planta de protea
acónito

In Greek

φυτό Protea
monkshood

In Portuguese

planta Protea
Aconitum

In Polish

Protea roślin
tojad

In Latin

Protea herba
aconitum

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae
Plantae

Phylum

Vascular plant
Magnoliophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida

Order

Proteales
Ranunculales

Family

Proteaceae
Ranunculaceae

Genus

Protea
Aconitum

Clade

Angiosperms, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Eudicots

Tribe

Proteae
Delphinieae

Subfamily

Proteoideae
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Number of Species

1600250
1 27800
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Difference Between Protea and Aconitum

If you are confused whether Protea or Aconitum are same, here are some features about those plants to help you choose better. Many people think that these two plants have the same characteristics, but one can see Protea and Aconitum Information and learn more about it. Fertilizers required for proper growth of Protea are All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer, whereas for Aconitum fertilizers required are All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer. Hence, one should know the basic difference between Protea and Aconitum if you are planning to have them in your garden to enhance its beauty.

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Importance of Protea and Aconitum

Want to have the most appropriate plant for your garden? You might want to know the importance of Protea and Aconitum. Basically, these two plants vary in many aspects. Compare Protea and Aconitum as they differ in many characteristics such as their life, care, benefits, facts, etc. Every gardener must at least have the slightest clue about the plants he wants to plant in his garden. Compare their benefits, which differ in many ways like facts and uses. The medicinal use of Protea is Cough, Diarrhea and Stomach Ulcers whereas of Aconitum is Gout, Heart problems, Inflammation, Joint pain, Kidney problems, Nerve pain and Wounds. Protea has beauty benefits as follows: while Aconitum has beauty benefits as follows: .

Compare Facts of Protea vs Aconitum

How to choose the best garden plant for your garden depending upon its facts? Here garden plant comparison will help you to solve this query. Compare the facts of Protea vs Aconitum and know which one to choose. As garden plants have benefits and other uses, allergy is also a major drawback of plants for some people. Allergic reactions of Protea are whereas of Aconitum have breathing problems, Nausea, Rapid Heartbeat, Sweating, Vomiting and weakness respectively. Having a fruit bearing plant in your garden can be a plus point of your garden. Protea has no showy fruits and Aconitum has no showy fruits. Also Protea is flowering and Aconitum is flowering. You can compare Protea and Aconitum facts and facts of other plants too.