Life Span
Annual
Perennial
Type
Flowering Plants
Flowering Plants, Perennial
Origin
Eastern Africa, Middle Africa, Southern Asia
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Types
Pseudobombax ellipticum
Yellow Monkshood, Carmichael's Monkshood, Kamchatka Aconite
Number of Varieties
2250
0
40000
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Habitat
Cultivated Beds
low mountains
USDA Hardiness Zone
8-114-8
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
8 - 1
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Sunset Zone
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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
Upright/Erect
Upright/Erect
Plant Size
Minimum Height
45.70 cm130.00 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
30.50 cm80.00 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Pink, Lavender, Violet
Blue, Violet
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
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Fruit Color
White, Brown
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Leaf Color in Spring
Green, Dark Green
Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Dark Green
Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Dark Green
Green
Leaf Color in Winter
Light Green
Green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Lyrate-pinnatilobed
Upright
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Summer
Fall, Summer
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial shade
Growth Rate
Fast
Medium
Type of Soil
Clay, Loam
Moist
The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
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Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
Bloom Time
Early Summer, Summer, Late Summer
Early Fall, Late Summer
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought
-
Where to Plant?
Container, Ground, Pot
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
Acidic, Alkaline, Neutral
Neutral
Soil Type
Clay, Loamy, Sandy
Average, Moist
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Partial Sun
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Remove damaged leaves
Fertilizers
Self-fertile
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Ascochyta blight, Bacterial Blight, Powdery mildew
Citrus leaf miner, Leaf spot, Mealy bugs, Mites, Rust, Verticillium Wilt
Plant Tolerance
Drought
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
Coarse
Bold
Foliage Sheen
Matte
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Butterflies
Bees
Allergy
-
breathing problems, Nausea, Rapid Heartbeat, Sweating, Vomiting, weakness
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Showy Purposes
Showy Purposes
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification
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Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Astringent, Depurative, Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Expectorant, Febrifuge, Odontalgic, Ophthalmic
Gout, Heart problems, Inflammation, Joint pain, Kidney problems, Nerve pain, Wounds
Part of Plant Used
Flowers, Leaves, Shoots
Whole plant
Other Uses
Used as a vegetable
Used in herbal medicines
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Mixed Border
Cutflower, Mixed Border
Botanical Name
EMILIA sonchifolia
Aconitum variegatum
Common Name
Consumption Weed, Lilac Tasselflower, Shaving Brush
Aconite, Monkshood, Wolf's bane, Leopard's bane, Mousebane, Women's bane, Devil's helmet, Queen of all Poisons, or Blue rocket
In Hindi
Shaving Brush
बच्छनाभ
In German
Rasierpinsel
Eisenhut
In French
Blaireau
aconit
In Spanish
Brocha de afeitar
acónito
In Greek
Βούρτσα ξυρίσματος
monkshood
In Portuguese
Pincel de barba
Aconitum
In Polish
Pędzel do golenia
tojad
In Latin
Tondenti Peniculus
aconitum
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Ranunculales
Family
Asteraceae
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Emilia
Aconitum
Clade
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Eudicots
Tribe
Senecioneae
Delphinieae
Subfamily
Asteroideae
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Number of Species
330250
1
27800
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