Ranunculaceae

Aconite

Aconitum napellus L.

Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Aconitum

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Aconite (Aconitum napellus) — FlowerPhoto: Sylvain Montagner, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (50)

Albanian: Spineri
Arabic: بيش, البيش, حلهل, قاتل النمر, قلنسوة الراهب
arz: بيش
Asturian: Acónitu
Azerbaijani: Turpabənzər kəpənəkçiçəyi
Basque: Irabelar
Belarusian: Боцікі клабучковыя
Breton: Louzaouenn-ar-flemm
Catalan: Tora blava, Acònit blau, Matallops blau
Chinese: 欧洲乌头, 歐洲烏頭, 欧乌头, 萝卜状乌头, 附子
Croatian: Modri jedić
Czech: Oměj, Oměj šalamounek
Danish: Ægte Stormhat
Dutch: Blauwe monnikskap
English: Aconite, Venus' chariot, Monk's-hood, Mapello, Wolf's bane
Estonian: Sinine käoking
Finnish: Huppu-ukonhattu, Aitoukonhattu, Ukonhattu
French: Acinitum napellus, Aconit napel
frr: Blä Iisenhud
German: Blauer Eisenhut, Blauer Sturmhut, Sturmhut
Greek: Ακόνιτον το ναπίδιον
hsb: Módre črijki, Módre hołbiki, Módre šišaki, Swjateje marcyne kapički, Swjateje marcyne stupnički, Swjateje marcyne črijki
Hungarian: Havasi sisakvirág, Alpesi sisakvirág
Icelandic: Venusvagn
Italian: Aconito, Aconito napello, Napello, Strozzalupo, Mapello
kw: Kugol an managh, Losow an bleydh
Latvian: Zilā kurpīte
li: Blawwe paterskap
Lithuanian: Mėlynoji kurpelė
Luxembourgish: Bloen Eisenhutt, Eisenhutt
Macedonian: Модар јадич
Malayalam: വത്സനാഭി
Norwegian Bokmål: Storhjelm
Norwegian Nynorsk: Storhjelm
Pashto: آکونیټوم ناپېللوس
Persian: اقونیطون
Polish: Tojad mocny
Portuguese: Acônito, Aconítico, Acónito
Russian: Борец клобучковый, Аконит аптечный, Аконит сборный, Аконит синий, Борец реповидный, Волкобой, Царь-зелье
sc: Mapello
Slovak: Prilbica modrá
Slovenian: Repičasta preobjeda
Spanish: Aconito-matalobos, Acónito, Naviesu, Acónito común, Acónito vulgar, Acónito-napelo, Anapelo, Anapelo de flor azul
Sundanese: Wortel
Swedish: Stormhatt, Äkta stormhatt
Tamil: நஞ்சுகளின் அரசி
Urdu: آکونیٹوم ناپيللوس
vep: Kukoinharj
Walloon: Coû-d'-tchåsse-d'-Almand
Welsh: Cwcwll y mynach, Llysiau'r blaidd

Synonyms

Aconitum ampliflorum Rchb.
Aconitum anglicum Stapf
Aconitum confertum Rchb.
Aconitum fornicatum Gilib.
Aconitum funckii Rchb.
Aconitum grandiflorum Pall.
Aconitum halleri Rchb.
Aconitum microstachyum Rchb.
Aconitum napellus var. paniculatum Regel
Aconitum neubergense DC.
Aconitum occidentale var. splendens Font Quer
Aconitum spicatum Donn
Aconitum venustum Rchb.
Aconitum willdenowii Rchb.
Delphinium napellus (L.) Baill.
Napellus vulgaris Fourr.

Flowers

In flower: July to August (from 1,305 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Sylvain Montagner, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Irene Saltini, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Felicia Seichter, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: F. Bemmerlein-Lux, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Bernd Haynold, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jacek Pietruszewski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Wildfeuer, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Wildfeuer, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Robert H. Wardell, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Tobe Deprez, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Thomas Ebner, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.