Ranunculaceae

Kamchatka aconite

Aconitum maximum Pall. ex DC.

Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Aconitum

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Kamchatka aconite (Aconitum maximum) — FlowerPhoto: B. Hughes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (3)

Bulgarian: Голяма самакитка
English: Kamchatka aconite
Russian: Борец крупный, Агат

Synonyms

Aconitum kamtschaticum Pall. ex Rchb.
Aconitum kamtschaticum var. luxurians Rchb.
Aconitum kamtschaticum var. maximum (Pall. ex DC.) Regel
Aconitum luxurians (Rchb.) Nakai
Aconitum maximum f. album Ken Sato
Aconitum maximum subsp. maximum
Aconitum maximum var. hultenii Ostenfeld
Aconitum maximum var. kamtschaticum Rapaics
Aconitum maximum var. pallasianum Rapaics

Flowers

In flower: July to September (from 17 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Alaska: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: B. Hughes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: B. Hughes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: Pavel Smirnov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.