How to identify Aconitum

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1. Stem

2. Leaves

3. Flowers

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Stem: The length is about 60-150 cm, and some can reach 200 cm. The lower leaves above it will wither when the flowers bloom. Leaves: thin leathery or papery, pentagonal, with a shallow heart-shaped bottom with three lobes reaching or near the base. Flowers: There are five hairs on the petals, about 1.1 cm long, the lip is about 6 mm long, and its sepals are blue-purple.

1. Stem

1. Stem

The stem length of Aconitum is about 60-150cm, and can even reach about 200cm. The middle part has a long stalk, and its lower leaves will wither when they bloom. .

2. Leaves

Aconitum The leaves are thin leathery or papery, pentagonal in shape, about 6-11cm in length and 9-15cm in width. The bottom of the blade is shallow heart-shaped with three lobes reaching or near the base, and the middle lobe is broad or diamond-shaped, very pointed, and some have short acuminate and nearly pinnate lobes. The length of the petiole is 1-2.5cm, and the indumentum is sparsely pubescent.

3. Flowers

Aconitum The petals are hairless, about 1.1cm long, the lip is about 6mm long, slightly concave, and the spur length is 2-2.5mm. The sepals are blue-purple, and the upper sepals are high in the shape of a helmet.

2. Leaves

3. Flowers

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