PLANTS Profile for Aconitum uncinatum (southern blue monkshood)

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PLANTS Profile

Aconitum uncinatum L.
southern blue monkshood

Symbol:

ACUN

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ranunculaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Aconitum uncinatum L.

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Distribution:
Aconitum uncinatum L.


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USA (AL, DC, GA, IL, IN, KY, MD, MO, NC, NH, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, WV)

Related Taxa:
Aconitum uncinatum L.

View 25 genera in Ranunculaceae, 16 species in Aconitum or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Aconitum uncinatum L. ssp. muticum (DC.) Hardin. .

Aconitum uncinatum ssp. muticum
southern blue monkshood

Distribution of Aconitum uncinatum L. ssp. uncinatum. .

Aconitum uncinatum ssp. uncinatum
southern blue monkshood

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Aconitum uncinatum L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Ranunculales
Family	Ranunculaceae – Buttercup family
Genus	Aconitum L. – monkshood
Species	Aconitum uncinatum L. – southern blue monkshood

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Aconitum uncinatum L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Indiana:
blue monkshood		Endangered
Kentucky:
blue monkshood		Threatened
Maryland:
blue monkshood		Endangered
Ohio:
southern monkshood		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
blue monkshood		Threatened

More Accounts and Images:
Aconitum uncinatum L.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18421.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 06/18/2013 05:33 PM CDT