Aconitum noveboracense
Aconitum noveboracense
northern blue monkshood
- Plant type and subtype:
- Perennials
- Hardiness Zone:
- 4,
- 5,
- 6
- Light Requirements:
- shade,
- part-shade
- Height: 1'-4'
- Leaf Color:
- green
- Bloom Color:
- blue,
- purple
- Bloom Time:
- Jun,
- Jul,
- Aug,
- Sep
- Water Use:
- medium
- Soil Moisture:
- moist
- Soil Description:
- acid,
- rich,
- loam
- Additional Tags:
- naturalizing,
- pond margin plant,
- stream margin plant,
- rare
- Description:
The showy basal leaves of Aconitum noveboracense are large, toothed and deeply lobed. It produced a single 4' tall stem that is terminally divide and bears much smaller and sparsely set leaves. The flowers are beautiful, blue, and unusual resembling an ornate hood about 1" across.
- Cultivation:
Northern monkshood is intolerant of heat and high humidity. It is found growing on well-drained, rich slopes in full to part shade, and along streams and other water features. It requires cool soil and good air circulation. blooms from Jun to July. Zones 4-6
- Propagation:
Propagate from seed or by division.
- Additional Notes:
Aconitum noveboracense is endangered or threatened in all of its native range. It is very rare, with native populations recorded in only a handful of counties over 4 states.
Map of Native Range
- Range by State: USDA data
- Recorded County Distribution: USDA data
*The map of native range is based on the latest available USDA data.
There may be gaps in the county level distribution.
IA, NY, OH, WI
Classification
| 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 | monkshood |
| Species: | Aconitum noveboracense | northern blue monkshood |
| Synonyms: | northern wild monkshood, northern monkshood |
USDA Endangered Status
| N/A |
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