Aconitum pendulum Busch

Caudex obconical. Stem 26--100 cm, simple or branched, glabrous, apically sparsely pubescent and densely leaved. Proximal cauline leaves withered at anthesis, middle leaves shortly petiolate; petiole 4--5 mm; leaf blade broadly ovate, 3.4--5.5 × 4.5--5.5 cm, both surfaces glabrous, 3--5-sect; segments dissected, ultimate lobes 1--2.2 mm wide. Inflorescence 6--20 cm, 8--35-flowered; rachis and pedicels densely spreading yellow pubescent; proximal bracts leaflike or 3-fid, distal ones linear. Pedicels 2--6 mm, distally with 2 bracteoles; bracteoles lanceolate-linear, 4--5 mm, sparsely pubescent. Sepals yellow, usually greenish, sometimes blue, abaxially ± spreading pubescent; lower sepals obliquely oblong, ca. 1 cm; lateral sepals orbicular-obovate, 1.2--1.6 cm; upper sepal navicular-falcate or falcate, clawed, lower margin 1.6--2 cm, arciform-curved. Petals glabrous or sparsely pubescent; limb ca. 8 mm; lip 1.5--4 mm; spur incurved, ca. 1 mm. Stamens glabrous or sparsely pubescent; filaments entire. Carpels 5, glabrous or ovary spreading pubescent. Follicles 1.1--1.4 cm. Seeds ca. 3 mm. Fl. Jul--Sep. 2n = 16*.

S Gansu, W Henan, Qinghai, S Shanxi, W Sichuan, Xizang, NW Yunnan.

* Grassy slopes, forest margins; 2800--4500 m.

Aconitum szechenyianum J. Gáy.

Aconitum pendulum là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Mao lương. Loài này được N.Busch mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1905.