Aconitum lamarckii
By amblealice
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Also known as: Lamarck’s wolfsbane; Northern wolfsbane
Yellow wolfsbane; Yellow monkshood;
Aconitum lycoctonum
Plant folklore; Aconitum lycoctonum is applied to several aconites. The following relates to A.lycoctonum……used in some Greek cities to administer the death penalty. On the island of Ceos the elderley and infirm were expected to drink it and benefit their families.
Used to poison arrow tips for wolf hunters.
Factual info: Beneficial in small doses, poisonous in larger amounts. Named for Jean-Baptiste Lamark (1744-1829). Responsible for Lamarckism; the mistaken theory of inheritane of acquired characteristics.
20 Nov, 2009
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Amblealice, are you copying all the info for these different flowers from another website? If so it might be quicker and easier to put a link to.
20 Nov, 2009
No Moongrower I'm not. The info is from notes I had when I was a tour guide. They don't take long to type. Thanks.
20 Nov, 2009
Wow where were you a tour guide Alice?
20 Nov, 2009
Very interesting blog Alice :))) I look forward to reading more!
PS. I have Aconitum in my garden, and class it as the most poisonous of all my plants. I treat it with a great deal of respect.
20 Nov, 2009
Mg....at the Alnwick Garden.......
Glad you like the blog Di......and pleased to hear you have Aconitum in your garden....despite its provenance :)))))...it is a lovely plant...
20 Nov, 2009
This one is pretty did nt realise there was a yellow flowering kind too.
21 Nov, 2009
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This is really nice,I enjoyed the "gruesome" history as well.I see where the Monkshood name comes from.I enjoy history of anything
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