
Monkshood
Silsombos, Belgium (June, 2014).
Tall plant, more than 1 m to the tip of the flower raceme. It is an herbaceous perennial plant growing to 1 metre tall, with hairless stems and leaves. The leaves are rounded, 5–10 cm diameter, palmately divided into five to seven deeply lobed segments. The flowers are dark purple to bluish-purple, narrow oblong helmet-shaped, 1–2 cm tall.

"Aconitum napellus" is a species of flowering plant in the genus "Aconitum" of the family Ranunculaceae, native and endemic to western and central Europe. Plants native to Asia and North America formerly listed as "A. napellus" are now regarded as separate species.