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Aconitum carmichaelii
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Image: Stirton, Charles - NBGW
Common name:
cwcwll y mynach, Carmichael's monk's hood, Sichuan aconite, Japanese aconite
Family:
Ranunculaceae (blodyn ymenyn / buttercup)
Distribution:
China to Vietnam.
Hardiness:
(H7) Very hardy. < -20°C (USDA 6a-1)
Life form:
Herbaceous perennial • Perlysiau lluosflwydd
Geirdarddiad / Etymology:
Aconitum (a-kon-EYE-tum): Uncertain origin, may derive from the Greek word akónitos, formed from ak- (pointed) and -kônos (cone), in a reference to the plant’s use as arrow poison.
Geirdarddiad / Etymology:
carmichaelii (kar-my-KAY-lee-eye): After Captain Dugald Carmichael (1772–1827), plant hunter.
Description:
Has an upright habit and leathery leaves. Dense panicles of large violet or blue flowers are produced in autumn.
Links:
Royal Horticultural Society
Locations
1:
Broadwalk/Y Rhodfa 16a
(BW16A)
• Accession: 2000-1349 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
2:
Broadwalk/Y Rhodfa 18
(BW18)
• Accession: 2000-1349 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
3:
Broadwalk/Y Rhodfa 19
(BW19)
• Accession: 2000-1349 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
4:
IWGA16-Inner Walled Garden Quadrant A Bed 16/Yr Ardd Fewnol Cwadrant A Gwely 16
(IWGA16)
• Accession: 2008-1239 • Provenance: Unknown/Anhysbys
5:
IWGB18-Inner Walled Garden Quadrant B Bed 18/Yr Ardd Fewnol Cwadrant B Gwely 18
(IWGB18)
• Accession: 2008-1239 • Provenance: Unknown/Anhysbys
6:
IWGC22-Inner Walled Garden Quadrant C Bed 22/Yr Ardd Fewnol Cwadrant C Gwely 22
(IWGC22)
• Accession: 2008-1239 • Provenance: Unknown/Anhysbys
7:
IWGC23-Inner Walled Garden Quadrant C Bed 23/Yr Ardd Fewnol Cwadrant C Gwely 23
(IWGC23)
• Accession: 2008-1239 • Provenance: Unknown/Anhysbys
8:
Lakeside/Lan y llyn 06
(LSIDE06)
• Accession: 2000-1349 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
Area
Individual