Aconitum carmichaelii

Aconitum carmichaelii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Aconitum
Species:
A. carmichaelii
Binomial name
Aconitum carmichaelii
Synonyms
  • Aconitum chinense Paxton [= Aconitum carmichaelii var. truppelianum]
  • Aconitum japonicum var. truppelianum Ulbr. [≡ Aconitum carmichaelii var. truppelianum]
A miko (dressed for the Kagura dance), wearing a tall torikabuto headdress - after which the cowl-like flower of Aconitum carmichaelii is named in Japanese

Aconitum carmichaelii is a species of flowering plant of the genus Aconitum, family Ranunculaceae. It is native to East Asia and eastern Russia. It is commonly known as Chinese aconite, Carmichael's monkshood or Chinese wolfsbane. In Mandarin Chinese, it is known as fùzǐ (附子; meaning daughter root, or lateral root) and as wūtóu (烏頭;[1] lit. "black head", referring to tuberous mother root, or root tuber); while in Japanese it is named torikabuto (鳥兜; (literally "bird-hat") after a type of ceremonial phoenix headdress, worn during the shamanic Kagura dance of the miko[2]).

  1. ^ 烏頭. Medicinal Plant Images Database. School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University. Retrieved 1 December 2020. (in Chinese)
  2. ^ 鳴雷神楽_道具_鳥兜 Hirono Historia digital archive, HIRONO Cultural heritage utilization area activity active committee. Retrieved 22 August 2022. (in Japanese)