Aconitum krylovii Steinb.
Description:
A herbaceous perennial native to the Altai Mountains of Siberia, the Russian Far East, and parts of the Korean Peninsula. Belonging to the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae), it grows naturally in moist meadows and woodland edges. This upright, clump-forming species reaches about 1m tall, with deeply divided dark green leaves and elegant spikes of pale yellow to lemon-white hooded flowers appearing from late summer into autumn.
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