Aconitum noveboracense, also known as northern blue monkshood or northern wild monkshood, is a flowering plant belonging to the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae). Members of its genus (Aconitum) are also known as wolfsbane.
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Is it poisonous?
Toxic. The note covers its whole genus. All parts contain aconitine; among the most poisonous garden plants Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Aconitum uncinatum — toxic
- Aconitum sczukinii — toxic
- Aconitum fischeri — toxic
- Aconitum carmichaelii — toxic
- Aconitum kusnezoffii — toxic
- Aconitum columbianum — toxic
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Ranunculales
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Aconitum
- Species
- Aconitum noveboracense
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