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Ranunculaceae
Climbing Monkshood
Aconitum hemsleyanum
Dangerous allure.
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Aconitum
- Native to
- China
- Bloom season
- Late Summer, Fall
- Type
- climbing perennial
- Height
- 6-10 ft
- Sunlight
- part shade
- Soil
- moist, humus-rich, well-drained
- Water
- moderate
- Hardiness
- 6-9
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- This is one of the few climbing species in the Aconitum genus, using twining stems to reach through shrubs and trees.
- Like all monkshoods, every part of this plant is extremely poisonous, containing the toxin aconitine.
- The hood-shaped flowers are designed to be pollinated by long-tongued bumblebees that can reach inside.
- Climbing monkshood was discovered in the mountains of western China and introduced to Western gardens in the early 1900s.
- In medieval times, monkshood extracts were used to poison arrow tips and wolf bait, earning it the name wolfsbane.
Color meanings
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caution
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chivalry
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misanthropy