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Northern Wolfsbane
Aconitum septentrionale
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Yellow-flowered MonkshoodAconitum lycoctonum
Lucid MonkshoodAconitum leucostomum
Twining MonkshoodAconitum volubile
wood crane's-billGeranium sylvaticum
Alpine LarkspurDelphinium elatum
slenderleaf monkshoodAconitum barbatum
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense
Columbian MonkshoodAconitum columbianum
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 31,190 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 31,190 |
| Russia | 5,592 |
| Sverdlovsk Oblast | 433 |
| Norway | 389 |
| Moscow Oblast | 365 |
| Chuvashia | 341 |
| Novosibirsk Oblast | 312 |
| Chelyabinsk Oblast | 310 |
| Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Ugra | 309 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Buttercups, Poppies, and Allies · Ranunculales |
| Family | buttercup family · Ranunculaceae |
| Genus | Monkshoods · Aconitum |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Northern Wolfsbane with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.