Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aconitum reclinatum
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
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Learn more about Trailing Wolfsbane from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aconitum reclinatum
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Aconitum reclinatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-04-002:
Aconitum reclinatum FAMILY Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aconitum reclinatum
COMMON NAME:
Trailing Wolfsbane, White Monkshood, White Aconite
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_acre_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aconitum reclinatum
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aconitum reclinatum
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Aconitum reclinatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-04-002:
Aconitum reclinatum
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aconitum reclinatum
3207
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Rich cove forests, particularly along brookbanks, in seepages, and in periglacial boulderfields with seepage, primarily over mafic rocks (such as amphibolite, metagabbro, or greenstone), rarely over sandstone or granitic rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Creamy white or yellowish
Bilaterally symmetrical
5 unequal sepals
2 petals
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Aggregate of follicles
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p091
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p300
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p031
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p053
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p043
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