How to identify Aconitum

1. Stem

The stem length of Aconitum is about 60-150cm, and can even reach about 200cm. The middle part has a long petiole, and its lower leaves will wither when it blooms.

2. Blades

The leaves of Aconitum are thin leathery or papery, pentagonal in shape, about 6-11cm long and 9-15cm wide. The base of the leaf blade is shallowly cordate with three lobes reaching or near the base, the middle lobe is broadly rhombic or rhombic, very pointed, or shortly acuminate and nearly pinnate. The petiole is 1-2.5 cm long and sparsely covered with short soft hairs.

3. Flowers

The petals of Aconitum are hairless, about 1.1 cm long, with a lip of about 6 mm long, slightly concave, and a spur of 2-2.5 mm. Sepals are bluish purple, upper sepals are high helmet-shaped.