Aconitum reclinatum A. Gray. Common name: White Monkshood, Trailing Wolfsbane, White Aconite. Phenology: Jun-Sep. Habitat: Rich cove forests, particularly along brookbanks, in seepages, and in periglacial boulderfields with seepage, primarily over mafic rocks (such as amphibolite, metagabbro, or greenstone), rarely over sandstone or granitic rocks. Distribution: A Southern and Central Appalachian endemic: sw. PA, w. VA and e. WV south to w. NC and ne. TN.
ID notes: Aconitum reclinatum is more restricted in distribution and habitat than A. uncinatum, but the two species sometimes occur together, even intertwined!
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, FNA3, G, K4, NS, Pa, POWO, RAB, S, S13, Tn, Va, W, Hardin (1964b); ? Aconitum vaccarum Rydb. Basionym: Aconitum reclinatum A.Gray 1842
Links to other floras: = Aconitum reclinatum - FNA3
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
Heliophily ⓘ: 2
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Sprawling perennial growing in rich cove forests, particularly along brook banks, in seepages, and in periglacial boulderfields with seepage, primarily over mafic rocks.
Stems: Stems weak and sprawling, sparsely branching, smooth.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate, roundish in outline, to 6 in. wide, palmately and deeply divided into 3-7 coarsely toothed, wedge-shaped segments.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in loose, elongate panicles from upper leaf axils and stem end; yellowish-white or cream; bilaterally symmetric; consisting of 5 yellowish-white petal-like sepals, the uppermost one shaped like a hood or helmet, that enclose 2 smaller petals.
Fruits: Fruit a beaked, ellipsoid follicle.
Comments: This species is more restricted in distribution and habitat than A. uncinatum (see p. xx), but the two sometimes occur together. It is considered a southern Appalachian endemic.
Height: 1-3 ft.
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description: Sprawling perennial growing in rich cove forests, particularly along brook banks, in seepages, and in periglacial boulderfields with seepage, primarily over mafic rocks.
stems: Stems weak and sprawling, sparsely branching, smooth.
leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate, roundish in outline, to 6 in. wide, palmately and deeply divided into 3-7 coarsely toothed, wedge-shaped segments.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in loose, elongate panicles from upper leaf axils and stem end; yellowish-white or cream; bilaterally symmetric; consisting of 5 yellowish-white petal-like sepals, the uppermost one shaped like a hood or helmet, that enclose 2 smaller petals.
fruits: Fruit a beaked, ellipsoid follicle.
comments: This species is more restricted in distribution and habitat than A. uncinatum (see p. xx), but the two sometimes occur together. It is considered a southern Appalachian endemic.
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