Aconitum uncinatum L.
Detail
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Botanical Name
- Aconitum uncinatum L.
- Common Name
- Blue Monkshood
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Aconitum uncinatum L.
- Comments
- Variation in upper leaf lobing and distribution of pubescence on pedicels shows no geographical pattern; see Brittonia 16:80-94 (1964). Two subspecific names, ssp. muticum (DC.) Hardin and ssp. uncinatum, are available to accommodate this variation, but application of these names to Virginia material has proven problematic.
- Habitat
- Mesic upland forests, well-drained floodplain forests, stream banks, seepage swamps, fens, and seeps. Frequent in the s. and c. mountains and s. and c. Piedmont; rare in the Coastal Plain and n. Virginia. This species generally occurs at lower elevations than Aconitum reclinatum but sometimes co-occurs with it in the mountains.
- Native Status
- Native
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