Scientific Name: Aconitum uncinatum L.

Caption: Monkshood

Photographer: Annkatrin Rose

Image Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/blueridgekitties/6016060529/

Locality: Grandfather, North Carolina, United States (36.091475, -81.814686)

Notes: <i>Aconitum uncinatum</i> flowering underneath the Linn Cove Viaduct along the Blue Ridge Parkway. These plants contain a toxic alkaloid, aconitine, that Native Americans used to poison their arrows. It has also been used medicinally as an external anesthetic for localized pain relief. All species of <i>Aconitum</i> are highly poisonous. Ancient As

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