General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 7b
Plant Height: 3 to 4 feet
Plant Spread: 1 to 2 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Tuber
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Roots are poisonous
Fruit is poisonous
Other: All parts of the plant are poisonous.
Pollinators: Bees

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Common names
  • Wolfsbane
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Aconitum lycoctonum subsp. neapolitanum
  • Synonym: Aconitum lamarckii

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Location: Riverview, Robson, B.C.
Date: 2008-07-29
 5:34 pm. Not quite how I thought it would look.
Uploaded by treehugger
Location: New York
Date: 2019-08-07
A Wolfsbane - Sold under the synonym Aconitum lamarckii

Date: 2008-07-25

Date: 2011-04-18

Date: 2008-12-29

Photo courtesy of:Meneerke bloem

Photo courtesy of:Th.Voekler
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2013-12-08 
This species'  late bloom adds value to the landscape.

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