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Aconitum lycoctonum

Aconitum lycoctonum
Aconitum septentrionale.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Aconitum
Species: A. lycoctonum
Binomial name
Aconitum lycoctonum
L.
Synonyms

Aconitum septentrionale Koelle
Aconitum vulparia Rchb.


Aconitum septentrionale Koelle
Aconitum vulparia Rchb.

Aconitum lycoctonum (wolf's-bane or northern wolfsbane) (Hindi : Bikh बिख ) is a species of flowering plant in the genus Aconitum, of the family Ranunculaceae, native to Europe and northern Asia.

Lycoctonum is a rendering in modern Latin of the traditional name "wolf's bane". (Persian: اقونیطون، تاج الملوک، خانق الذئب)

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.

Like all species in the genus, it is poisonous.



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