Vasilis Teodoridis:
Ranunculaceae | Aconitum
6. Aconitum scaposum Franchet; J. Bot. (Morot). 8: 277. 1894.
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Rhizome terete; ca. 10 cm; ca. 8 mm in diam. Stem 35--67 cm tall; simple or branched; retrorse (rarely spreading) yellowish pubescent. Basal leaves 1--4; long petiolate; petiole 13--40 cm; base sheathed; leaf blade reniform-pentagonal; 5.5--1.1 x 8.5--22 cm; both surfaces appressed puberulous; base cordate; 3-fid; central lobe obtrapezoid-rhombic; 3-lobed; margin dentate; apex acute; rarely acuminate; lateral lobes obliquely flabellate; unequally 2-lobed. Cauline leaves 2--4; smaller than basal ones; equally arranged along stem or mostly near stem base or below inflorescence; sometimes absent; petiole sheathed. Inflorescence (20--)25--40 cm; 15--40-flowered; rachis and pedicels densely spreading yellowish pubescent; bracts lanceolate or oblong. Pedicels 1.4--3.4 cm; spreading yellowish pubescent; with 2 bracteoles at base; bracteoles similar to but shorter than bracts. Sepals blue-purple; abaxially sparsely spreading hispid; upper sepal cylindric; 1.3--1.8 cm high; external margin ± erect; with a beak. Petaline lip linear; conspicuous; spur circinate; 2--3 x as long as limb; sparsely pubescent or glabrous. Stamens glabrous; filaments entire. Carpels 3; ovary sparsely villous. Follicles unequal in size; 7.5--13 mm. Seeds white; obovate; ca. 1.5 mm. Fr. Aug--Sep. 2n = 16*.
Forests; forest margins; grassy slopes; valleys; 1200--3900 m. S Gansu; Guizhou; SW Henan; Hubei; N Hunan; Jiangxi; S Shaanxi; Sichuan; N and NE Yunnan [Bhutan; N Myanmar; Nepal].
6b. Aconitum scaposum var. hupehanum Rapaics; Növényt. Közlem. 6: 168. 1907.
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Aconitum chloranthum Handel-Mazzetti; A. jucundum Diels; A. jucundum var. chloranthum (Handel-Mazzetti) Handel-Mazzetti; A. lycoctonum var. circinatum H. Léveillé; A. scaposum var. chloranthum (Handel-Mazzetti) Lauener & Tamura.
Basal leaves 1 or 2; wilting at anthesis; cauline leaves 3 or 4; equally arranged along stem and all normally developed.
Forests; forest margins; grassy slopes; 1300--3900 m. S Gansu; Hubei; N Hunan; NW Jiangxi; S Shaanxi; Sichuan; N Yunnan [Bhutan; N Myanmar; Nepal].