Aconitum napellus, Aconite, Monkshood - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Monkshood, aconite, wolfsbane, monk's blood, fuzi

Botanical name & synonyms: Aconitum napellus, Aconitum capsiriense, Aconitum compactum, Aconitum linneanum, Aconitum lusitanicum, Aconitum meyeri, Aconitum neomontanum, Aconitum occidentale, Aconitum vulgare

Family: Buttercup, crowfoot (Ranunculaceae)

• western and central Europe
  

• 60 to 150 cm
  

• flower VI to VIII
  

• plant community: fresh meadow, wet meadow
  

• poisonous and medicinal plant
  

• cold germinate
  

Perennial plant, grows to a height of 1,5 m. Indigenous in Europe to the Himalayan foothills, it prefers moist, loamy soils in a protected, shaded position, and is frost resistant.

Sow at 18-22ºC (64-71ºF) for 2-4 weeks, move to -6 to -7ºC (19-21ºF) for 4-6 weeks, move to 5-12ºC (41-53ºF) for germination short viable.

Parts of the plant were used in witches brews and witches "flying ointments".
All parts of this plant are FATALLY TOXIC!