Wolf's bane

(Aconitum lycoctonum)

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Description

“Pet poisonous” – Toxic parts: entire plant esp. roots, seeds Aconitum lycoctonum (wolf's-bane or northern wolfsbane) (Hindi: Bikh बिख) is a species of flowering plant in the genus Aconitum, of the family Ranunculaceae, native to Europe and northern Asia. Lycoctonum is a rendering in modern Latin of the traditional name "wolf's bane". It is an herbaceous perennial plant growing to 1 m tall. The leaves are palmately lobed with four to six deeply cut lobes. The flowers are 18–25 mm long, dark violet, rarely pale yellow. Like all species in the genus, it is poisonous.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Ranunculales
Family:Ranunculaceae
Genus:Aconitum
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