Ranunculaceae
Himalayan monkshood
Aconitum ferox
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Aconitum
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Common names
By language (12)
- Arabic
- أكونيت هلهل
- Burmese
- အဆိပ်ပင်
- Chinese
- 印度乌头, 印度烏頭
- English
- Himalayan monkshood, Indian aconite, Blue aconite
- French
- Aconit féroce, Aconit feroce
- Gujarati
- વછનાગ
- Icelandic
- Ægishjálmur
- Kannada
- ವತ್ಸನಾಭಿ
- Nepali
- बिष्मा
- Russian
- Борец свирепый, Аконит свирепый
- shn
- ယႃႈမိူဝ်ႇ, ဝၢၼ်ပႃၶီး
- Telugu
- వసనాభి
Synonyms
- Aconitum atrox Walp.
- Aconitum atrox (Bruhl) Mukerjee
- Aconitum hamiltonii G.Don
- Nirbisia codua G.Don
- Nirbisia hamiltonii G.Don
Photos
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.