Aconitum lycoctonum

Aconitum lycoctonum (wolf's-bane[1] or northern wolf's-bane) (Hindi: Bikh बिख)[2] is a species of flowering plant in the genus Aconitum, of the family Ranunculaceae, native to much of Europe and northern Asia.[3][4]

Aconitum lycoctonum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Aconitum
Species:
A. lycoctonum
Binomial name
Aconitum lycoctonum
Synonyms

Aconitum septentrionale Koelle
Aconitum vulparia Rchb.

Follicles and seeds

Lycoctonum is a rendering in modern Latin of the traditional name "wolf's-bane".[5]

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.[6]

Like all species in the genus, it is poisonous.[6]

References
  1. "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  2. Pharmacographica indica Vol 1
  3. Flora Europaea: Aconitum lycoctonum
  4. "Aconitum lycoctonum". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  5. Shorter Oxford English dictionary, 6th ed. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. 2007. p. 3804. ISBN 0199206872.
  6. Blamey, M. & Grey-Wilson, C. (1989). Flora of Britain and Northern Europe. ISBN 0-340-40170-2
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