Columbian Monkshood
Aconitum columbianum
Columbian monkshood is a tall western mountain perennial with deeply cut leaves and hooded violet-blue flowers along wet streambanks and meadows. Dramatic for moist shade; all parts are highly toxic.
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 5–5 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- July, August
- Bloom colors
- blue, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border
- Native states
- AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY