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Aconitum degenii
Branched monkshood is a tall, spindly perennial wildflower from the Alps to the Carpathians, grown for its blue or purple hooded flowers in late summer. It suits cool, moist, partly shaded borders, but treat it with caution because every part is poisonous.
Aconitum degenii is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family known by the common name branched monkshood .
This wildflower is native to Europe (south, south-east) where it grows in subalpine areas. Inhabited biotops include tall herbaceous vegetation and deciduous forests.
Yellow monkshood · Aconitum assamicum · Aconitum biflorum · Aconitum bucovinense · Carmichael's monkshood · Columbian monkshood · Korean Monk’shood · Aconitum decipiens · Indian aconite · Aconitum firmum · Fischer monkshood · Aconitum flavum
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aconitum degenii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
