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Aconitum rotundifolium Kar. & Kir.  
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FamilyRANUNCULACEAE
Genus speciesAconitum rotundifolium Kar. & Kir. 
BibliographyBull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 15: 138 (1842)
Native RangeAfghanistan to Xinjiang and w. & c. Himalaya
Primary BiomeSubalpine
Habitatgrassland
Altitude2500-4500m
Descriptionleaves orbiculate-reniform, petiolate, 3-7cm wide, glabrous, tripartite, middle segment rhombic, trifid, dentate, lateral segments trisect, flowers 3-5, 1-2cm, spur globular
Size15-40cm
Colorpurple
Bloomlate summer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationhumous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer
Propagationfresh seed, uncovered, germ. 3-12 months, 10-13°C
division in early spring, before sprouting
SynonymsAconitum napellus ssp. rotundifolium (Kar. & Kir.) Hook.f. & Thomson
Aconitum tapeinocranum Rech.f.
Aconitum tianschanicum Rupr.
Territory3 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)
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