Aconitum uncinatum

Aconitum uncinatum, commonly known as wild monkshood[2] or southern blue monkshood,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae. It grows in moist to wet habitats along streams and in woods and clearings.[2][4] It grows in the eastern United States in the Appalachian Mountains, on the Piedmont, and on the upper Atlantic Coastal Plain.[4]

Illustration of Aconitum uncinatum

Aconitum uncinatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Aconitum
Species:
A. uncinatum
Binomial name
Aconitum uncinatum
L., 1762[1]

Toxicity and uses

The roots and seeds contain alkaloids, which are most poisonous before flowering. The plant has been used to make medicine to treat neuralgia and sciatica.[5]

References
  1. "Aconitum uncinatum L." International Plant Names Database. Retrieved 2018-04-08.
  2. "Aconitum uncinatum (wild monkshood)". Go Botany. New England Wildflower Society. Retrieved 2018-04-08.
  3. "Aconitum uncinatum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 2018-04-08.
  4. Brink, D.E.; Woods, J.A. (1997). "Aconitum uncinatum". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 3. New York and Oxford. Retrieved 2018-04-08 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  5. Niering, William A.; Olmstead, Nancy C. (1985) [1979]. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers, Eastern Region. Knopf. p. 725. ISBN 0-394-50432-1.


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