Aconitum carmichaelii is a species of flowering plant of the genus Aconitum, family Ranunculaceae. It is native to China and northern Vietnam in East Asia. It is commonly known as Chinese aconite, Carmichael's monkshood or Chinese wolfsbane. In Mandarin Chinese, it is known as fùzǐ (附子; meaning daughter root, or lateral root) and as wūtóu (烏頭; lit. "black head", referring to tuberous mother root, or root tuber); while in Japanese it is named torikabuto (鳥兜; (literally "bird-hat") after a type of ceremonial phoenix headdress, worn during the shamanic Kagura dance of the miko).
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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 kusnezoffii — toxic
- Aconitum taigicola — toxic
- Aconitum uncinatum — toxic
- Aconitum sczukinii — toxic
- Aconitum axilliflorum — toxic
- Aconitum noveboracense — toxic
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Ranunculales
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Aconitum
- Species
- Aconitum carmichaelii
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