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Aconitum columbianum (Columbian monkshood; monkshood (columbian); Columbia monkshood)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Aconitum columbianum is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family known by the common names Columbian monkshood or western monkshood. This wildflower is native to western North America where it grows in riparian and other moist areas, in meadows and coniferous forests. It is found from 600–2,900 metres (2,000–9,500 ft) in elevation.
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Infraspecies

Aconitum columbianum columbianum (Columbian monkshood)
Aconitum columbianum viviparum (Columbian monkshood)

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Screening - Summer [2]  Moderate
Screening - Winter [2]  Porous
Bloom Period [2]  Early Summer
Drought Tolerance [2]  Low
Fire Tolerance [2]  Medium
Frost Free Days [2]  3 months 20 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [2]  Medium
Fruit/Seed Begin [2]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [2]  Summer
Growth Form [2]  Single Crown
Growth Period [2]  Spring, Summer
Growth Rate [2]  Moderate
Hazards [3]  The whole plant is highly toxic - simple skin contact has caused numbness in some people. The roots and seeds are the most toxic and also the leaves just before the plant flowers;
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Pollinators [3]  Bees
Propagation [2]  Container, Seed
Regrowth Rate [2]  Slow
Root Depth [2]  10 inches (25 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [2]  Moderate
Seed Vigor [2]  Medium
Shape/Orientation [2]  Erect
Structure [4]  Herb
Usage [3]  The seed is used as a parasiticide;
Vegetative Spread Rate [2]  None
Flower Color [2]  Blue
Foliage Color [2]  Green
Fruit Color [2]  Black
Flower Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Height [3]  8 inches (0.2 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [2]  USDA Zone: 4 Low Temperature: -30 F° (-34.4 C°) → -20 F° (-28.9 C°)
Light Preference [2]  Mixed Sun/Shade
Soil Acidity [2]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [2]  Intermediate
Water Use [2]  High
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Protected Areas

Predators

Bombus appositus (White Shouldered Bumble Bee)[5]
Bombus flavifrons (Yellow Head Bumble Bee)[5]
Callospermophilus lateralis (golden-mantled ground squirrel)[6]
Ericaphis wakibae[7]

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External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 4Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 5Habitat Selection by Two Species of Nectarivore: Habitat Quality Isolines, Hugh P. Possingham, Ecology Vol. 73, No. 5 (Oct., 1992), pp. 1903-1912
♦ 6Spermophilus lateralis, Molly A. Bartels and Doug P. Thompson, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 440, pp. 1-8 (1993)
♦ 7Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 8Clements, R. E., and F. L. Long. 1923, Experimental pollination. An outline of the ecology of flowers and insects. Washington, D.C., USA, Carnegie Institute of Washington.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0