Aconitum lycoctonum (wolf's-bane[2] or northern wolf's-bane)[3] is a species of flowering plant in the genus Aconitum, of the family Ranunculaceae, native to much of Europe and northern Asia.[4][5]
| Aconitum lycoctonum |
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Scientific classification |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Ranunculaceae |
| Genus: | Aconitum |
| Species: | A. lycoctonum |
| Binomial name |
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Aconitum lycoctonum
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| Synonyms[1] |
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- Aconitum aegophonum Rchb.
- Aconitum alienum Rchb.
- Aconitum altissimum Mill.
- Aconitum altissimum subsp. penninum (Ser.) Holub
- Aconitum artophonum Rchb.
- Aconitum australe Rchb.
- Aconitum baumgartenii Schur
- Aconitum cynoctonum Rchb.
- Aconitum galeriflorum Stokes
- Aconitum jacquinianum Host
- Aconitum lagoctonum Rchb.
- Aconitum luparia Rchb.
- Aconitum lupicida Rchb.
- Aconitum meloctonum Rchb.
- Aconitum monanense F.W.Schmidt ex Rchb.
- Aconitum myoctonum Rchb.
- Aconitum perniciosum Rchb.
- Aconitum pyrenaicum L.
- Aconitum rectum Bernh. ex Rchb.
- Aconitum rogoviczii Wissjul.
- Aconitum squarrosum L. ex B.D.Jacks.
- Aconitum tenuisectum Schur
- Aconitum thelyphonum Rchb.
- Aconitum theriophonum Rchb.
- Aconitum toxicarium Salisb.
- Aconitum transilvanicum Lerchenf. ex Schur
- Aconitum umbraticola Schur
- Aconitum wraberi Starm.
- Delphinium lycoctonum Baill.
- Lycoctonum sylvaticum Fourr.
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Follicles and seeds
Lycoctonum is a rendering in modern Latin of the traditional name "wolf's-bane".[6]
It is an herbaceous perennial plant growing to 1 m tall. The leaves are palmately lobed with four to six deeply cut lobes. The flowers are 18–25 mm long, dark violet, rarely pale yellow.[7]
Like all species in the genus, it is poisonous.[7]