A blue-flowered alpine aconite, one of at least 15 aconite species used in Tibetan medicine.
- Group: Plant
- Plant type: Medicinal
- Habitats: Alpine grassland, grassy slopes
- Regions: Kham, Amdo
Habitat and distribution
Grassy slopes and wet alpine grassland at 3,200–4,800 m in southern Gansu, eastern Tso Ngonpo province (Ch: Qinghai), western Sichuan, eastern Tibet and north-western Yunnan (Flora of China).
Recorded in Kham, Amdo.
Ecological and cultural significance
Aconites are among the most poisonous plants of the plateau; Tibetan healers use them only after processing (Ma et al. 2015).
Threats
No harvest data were found.
Conservation
Not assessed by the IUCN Red List (no assessment found).