Aquilegia vulgaris
grannies’ bonnets
Perennial herb with flower stalks up to 75cm. Leaves divided into 3 lobes form a tuft at the base of the plant. Flowers dark blue (garden varieties also yellow or pink) with 5 petals and sepals ending in a horn shaped spur.
Monk’s hood (Aconitum species)
Garden escape on both islands.
Possibly aconitine. Toxicity retained on drying. All parts of the plant are poisonous.
Grazing animals and people. No cases recorded in NZ.
Respiratory and cardiovascular depression. Vomiting and regurgitation in the horse.
non specific
History and presence of plant in the ingesta. Exclusion of other causes.
None
Unkown
Forsyth, A.A. 1979 British Poisonous Plants, MAF Bulletin 161, HMSO, London
