RANUNCULACEAE

Aconitum reclinatum A. Gray. White Monkshood, Trailing Wolfsbane, White Aconite. Phen: Jun-Sep. Hab: 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. Dist: A Southern and Central Appalachian endemic: sw. PA, w. VA and e. WV south to w. NC and ne. TN.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Syn: = C, F, FNA3, G, K1, K3, K4, Pa, RAB, S, Tn, Va, W, Hardin (1964b); ? Aconitum vaccarum Rydb.

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