| Scientific Name: | Aconitum carmichaelii |
| Common Name: | autumn monkshood |
| Family Name: | Ranunculaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Cut flower or foliage, Fall interest, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Dissected, Alternate, Leathery, Palmate venation, Pubescent, Orbicular, Ovate, Dentate, Pinnately lobed |
| Flowers: | Raceme, Blue, Violet, Sep-Oct |
| Fruit: | Aggregate fruit, Follicle, Green, Brown, Oct-Nov, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Stems sturdy and stay upright; leaves with 3 or 5 main lobes, alternate, ovate-orbicular, most blades 7-14cm long x 9-15cm wide; margin toothed and incised; racemes 6-20cm long, florets 'hooded' (modified sepal), blue-violet, Sep-Oct; follicles 15-18mm long. | |