Scientific Name: Aconitum uncinatum L.

Caption: Monkshood

Photographer: Annkatrin Rose

Image Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/blueridgekitties/6016060529/

Locality: Grandfather, North Carolina, United States (36.091475, -81.814686)

Notes: Aconitum uncinatum flowering underneath the Linn Cove Viaduct along the Blue Ridge Parkway. These plants contain a toxic alkaloid, aconitine, that Native Americans used to poison their arrows. It has also been used medicinally as an external anesthetic for localized pain relief. All species of Aconitum are highly poisonous. Ancient As

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