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".
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.