Monkshood, also commonly called wolfsbane, has appeared throughout human history — notably in European, especially Greek, myths. This plant has pretty purple flowers but also a dangerous secret.

Noble's downfall? Monkshood, apparently. A member of the buttercup family, it belongs to the genus Aconitum, and these beauties are highly poisonous. Eat a handful of monkshood and its aconitine ...

Monkshood's history as a dangerously poisonous plant makes it one of the wonders of the botanic world. An arrow dipped in Aconitum may have brought down Achilles, or so it is speculated.

Is there a danger in planting monkshood? I understand from the Internet that it is a very poisonous plant to handle. I have grandchildren and am afraid to plant it. What is your opinion?

Monkshood (Aconitum spp.), whose common name describes the flower, has a dark history. All plant parts are poisonous and it was used to poison animals (hence its other common name, wolf’s bane).

We're very confident of what the offending item actually was." There are about 240 species of aconitum, also known as monkshood and wolfsbane, across Asia, North America and Europe. Though popular ...

CONTRIBUTING much to gardens these days are the dark-blue flowers of monkshood. The flowers are carried in broad spikes, reaching to about waist-high. The deep-blue colour of the flowers is a very ...

Monkshood, a common flowering plant often found along hiking trails in Chugach State Park and throughout Alaska, has been blooming in particular abundance this year, botanists say. The purple ...

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Some flowers, like the monkshood, are aptly named. The dark blue to lavender flower has a petal-like sepal that looks, for lack of a better word, like a monk's hood. Concealed under the hood is ...

Skip it if you want to save your suspense. There are still sources out there that call monkshood, or aconite, “undetectable.” Most of them are in museums, as monkshood was a favorite poison of ...

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