Ranunculaceae
Columbian monkshood
Aconitum columbianum
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Aconitum
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 哥伦比亚乌头, 哥倫比亞烏頭
- English
- Columbian monkshood
Synonyms
- Aconitum arizonicum Greene
- Aconitum bakeri Greene
- Aconitum columbianum f. ochroleucum (A.Nelson) H.St.John
- Aconitum columbianum subsp. columbianum
- Aconitum columbianum subsp. pallidum Piper
- Aconitum columbianum var. bakeri (Greene) Harr.
- Aconitum columbianum var. bakeri (Greene) H.D.Harr.
- Aconitum columbianum var. columbianum
- Aconitum columbianum var. glaberrimum (Rydb.) Kearney & Peebles
- Aconitum columbianum var. lutescens (A.Nelson) M.E.Jones
- Aconitum delphinifolium var. ramosum K.C.Davis
- Aconitum geranioides Greene
- Aconitum glaberrimum Rydb.
- Aconitum leibergii Greene
- Aconitum lutescens A.Nelson
- Aconitum macilentum Greene
- Aconitum mogollonicum Greene
- Aconitum nivatum A.Nelson
- Aconitum obtusiflorum Greene
- Aconitum ochroleucum Rydb.
- Aconitum oregonsense Raf.
- Aconitum patens Rydb.
- Aconitum platysepalum Greene
- Aconitum porrectum Rydb.
- Aconitum ramosum A.Nelson
- Aconitum robertianum Greene
- Aconitum subcaesium Greene
- Aconitum tricorne Greene
- Aconitum vestitum Greene
Flowers
- Flower colour
- blue (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Toxicity: Moderate, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Izabelskrats, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.