Korean Monk's Hood (Aconitum koreanum)

Family: Ranunculaceae | Edibility: Edible (1/5)

Aconitum koreanum is a PERENNIAL growing to 1.5 m (5ft). The flowers are pollinated by Bees. Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and can grow in heavy clay soil. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers moist soil.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Young leaves - cooked. This report should be treated with great distrust due to the poisonous nature of the genus. — Young leaves - cooked.; This report should be treated with great distrust due to the poisonous nature of the genus.

Habitat & North American Range

Sparse shrub thickets, dry short grass meadows and on argillaceous and stony mountain slopes. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)