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southern blue monkshood
Aconitum uncinatum
Aconitum uncinatum, commonly known as wild monkshood or southern blue monkshood, is a species of flowering plant in the Ranunculaceae (buttercup) family. It grows in moist to wet habitats along streams and in woods and clearings. It grows in the eastern United States in the Appalachian Mountains, on the Piedmont, and on the upper Atlantic Coastal Plain.
From the article Aconitum uncinatum on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
At the table
The roots and seeds contain alkaloids, which are most poisonous before flowering. The plant has been used to make medicine to treat neuralgia and sciatica.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Toxicity and uses”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 119812.