Helmet flower

Synonyms Aconitum napellus Monkshood Wolfsbane Helmet flower Friar s cap Soldier s cap Aconite... 

Common Names Blue Rocket, Friar s Cap, Helmet Flower, Monk s Hood, Mousebane, Wolfbane... 

Scutellaria, Skullcap helmet flower. Dried overground portion of Scutellaria lateriflora L., Labiaiae. Habit. North America. Constit. Scutellarin. volatile oil, tannin. 

Features A strong, straight, square stem reaches eighteen inches in height, and heart- or lance-shaped, tooth-edged leaves grow opposite each other on a short stalk. The pale blue flowers, with a helmet-shaped upper lip, bloom in pairs just above the leaves. Both taste and odour are feeble. 

The students assembling mums use one helmet, one flower, eight blue ribbons, six white ribbons, and two bells to make each mum. As a result, the students cannot make any more mums once any one of these items is used up. Likewise, the reactants of a reaction are seldom present in ratios equal to the mole ratio in the balanced equation. So one of the reactants is used up first. For example, one way to to make H2 is... 

Aconitum species are generally herbaceous perennial plants, with a tall leafy stem (70-130 cm) bearing violet, blue, or yellow (rarely white, rose, or bicolor) zygomorphous flowers in the form of a cylindrical helmet on long, packed racemes. The colors of the flowers and their intensity can vary from pale to deep, depending on the species or intraspecies varieties. The underground part of the plant is represented by tubers, whose size and form depend on the species, or by fibrous roots (A. lycoctonum). 

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