Aconitum uncinatum L.

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Ranunculaceae

• Scientific Name

  Aconitum uncinatum L.

• Description

  Species Description - Stem slender, weak, often leaning on other plants, arising from a turnip-like root as in no. 1 [Aconitum noveboracense A. Gray], but the new root well separated from the old one by a slender stalk; cauline lvs numerous, deeply 3–5-cleft into narrow or broadly rhomboid segments; infl short, few-fld, often glabrous as in no. 1 [Aconitum noveboracense A. Gray]; fls blue; helmet 15–22 mm long, mostly higher than long, the hood somewhat prolonged upward and ± evidently differentiated from the projecting beak. Rich woods; s. Pa. to O. and s. Ind., s. to N.C., w. S.C., n. and w. Ga., and c. Tenn. Aug.–Oct.

• Common Names

  southern monkshood