Common name
English: Northern Wolfsbane
German: Gelber Eisenhut, Wolfs-Eisenhut
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2635)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2573)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2146)
Order: Ranunculales (58)
Family: Ranunculaceae (53)(family description)
Genus: Aconitum (4)
Epithet: lycoctonum L. (1)
Synonyms: Aconitum artophonum Rchb., Aconitum monanense F.W.Schmidt, Aconitum pyrenaicum L., Aconitum rogoviczii Wissjul., Aconitum squarrosum L. ex B.D.Jacks., Aconitum thelyphonum Rchb.
lycoctonum => wolf-murder
pyrenaicum => from the Pyrenees mountains (Andorra, France and Spain)
squarrosum => being rough or scurfy
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: yellow
