Aconite Plant Origin. Japonicum yields Japanese aconite. Napellus from England and continental Europe.
Mountainous ares of the northern hemisphere Play Value. For further information see The Poison Garden. The flowers of Aconite are large and showy and often an Aconite plant is found in flower-gardens.
Aconite is obtained from plants cultivated in England and from wild plants growing in the mountain slopes of Germany Switzerland and France.
Most varieties are fully hardy in the UK. The structure is peculiar and the flower of any of the species can be at once recognized by its odd shape. Aconite consists of the dried tuberous roots of Aconitum napellus Linn a perennial herb of the family Ranunculaceae. Plant family Ranunculaceae.