Aconitum columbianum Nutt. is a large and morphologically variable complex of populations extending from southern Canada to northern Mexico, and from California to New York. Bulbiferous populations ...

Aconitum napellus, commonly referred to as monkshood, helmet flower or wolf’s bane, is a member of the ranunculaceae family. This herbaceous plant is native to the mountainous regions of western and ...

Following the recent report about the death of a gardener, apparently from handling monkshood, Guy Barter, Chief Horticultural Advisor at the RHS, has this advice: Aconitum is a very poisonous plant ...

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A gardener was killed after apparently brushing against a super-poisonous plant while working on a £4 million country estate. Nathan Greenaway is thought to have touched the toxic flower aconitum, ...