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Aconitum × stoerkianum Rchb.

hybrid monkshood (Ranunculaceae)

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The hybrid Aconitum × stoerkianum often has blue-and-white flowers, with the upper sepal higher than wide.

Trearddur (VC52: Anglesey); 2014-09-21

 hybrid monkshood / Aconitum × stoerkianum: The hybrid _Aconitum_ × _stoerkianum_ often has blue-and-white flowers, with the upper sepal higher than wide.

The shape of the upper sepal gives species in the genus the name ‘monk’s hood’.

Trearddur (VC52: Anglesey); 2014-09-21

 hybrid monkshood / Aconitum × stoerkianum: The shape of the upper sepal gives species in the genus the name ‘monk’s hood’.

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