Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
Genus species | Aconitum rotundifolium Kar. & Kir. |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 15: 138 (1842) |
Native Range | Afghanistan to Xinjiang and w. & c. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2500-4500m |
Description | leaves orbiculate-reniform, petiolate, 3-7cm wide, glabrous, tripartite, middle segment rhombic, trifid, dentate, lateral segments trisect, flowers 3-5, 1-2cm, spur globular |
Size | 15-40cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | fresh seed, uncovered, germ. 3-12 months, 10-13°C division in early spring, before sprouting |
Synonyms | Aconitum napellus ssp. rotundifolium (Kar. & Kir.) Hook.f. & Thomson Aconitum tapeinocranum Rech.f. Aconitum tianschanicum Rupr. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |