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Flower Identification help

Posted: Jul 01 2012 9:54 pm
by chumley
7000 feet, streamside blue flower. Anybody got a clue?

igallery/album.php?id=449

Re: Flower Identification help

Posted: Jul 02 2012 5:37 am
by paulhubbard
Can't help with the ID, but where is that? Looks beautiful!

Re: Flower Identification help

Posted: Jul 02 2012 6:54 am
by big_load
I'll have a look tonight. I've seen it; now I just have to remember where.

Re: Flower Identification help

Posted: Jul 02 2012 7:43 am
by chumley
@Paul, I'll post a triplog eventually.

@big_load, I've scoured several websites for identifying flowers, and have yet to find something that matches it. Especially those leaves! Wondering if perhaps I should be looking for flowers native to Colorado or somewhere that isn't Arizona!

Re: Flower Identification help

Posted: Jul 02 2012 8:19 am
by big_load
At 7 kfeet, it's worth looking at CO. That flower is reasonably common somewhere, but exactly where hasn't hit me yet.

Re: Flower Identification help

Posted: Jul 02 2012 8:30 am
by rwstorm
Found it. Monkshood (Aconitum sp)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aconitum

Re: Flower Identification help

Posted: Jul 02 2012 8:57 am
by chumley
:thanx: I knew somebody here would know!

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Edit: apparently an Arizona Monkshood! Who knew!?
Family Ranunculaceae – Buttercup family
Genus Aconitum L. – monkshood P
Species Aconitum infectum Greene – Arizona monkshood

Re: Flower Identification help

Posted: Jul 02 2012 9:05 am
by chumley
:o Holy crap! That plant is deadly poisonous!

From Wiki:
Poisoning may also occur following picking the leaves without wearing gloves; the aconitine toxin is absorbed easily through the skin. In this event, there will be no gastrointestinal effects. Tingling will start at the point of absorption and extend up the arm to the shoulder, after which the heart will start to be affected.
Marked symptoms may appear almost immediately, usually not later than one hour, and "with large doses death is almost instantaneous." Death usually occurs within 2 to 6 hours in fatal poisoning (20 to 40 mL of tincture may prove fatal).[14] The initial signs are gastrointestinal including nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. There is followed by a sensation of burning, tingling, and numbness in the mouth and face, and of burning in the abdomen. In severe poisonings pronounced motor weakness occurs and cutaneous sensations of tingling and numbness spread to the limbs. Cardiovascular features include hypotension, sinusbradycardia, and ventricular arrhythmias. Other features may include sweating, dizziness, difficulty in breathing, headache, and confusion. The main causes of death are ventricular arrhythmias and asystole, paralysis of the heart or of the respiratory center.[14][15] The only post-mortem signs are those of asphyxia.
Doesn't seem to be bothering that mosquito or the worm on the stem...

Re: Flower Identification help

Posted: Jul 02 2012 9:43 am
by big_load
Yes, that looks right. I think I've seen different varieties, mainly in the Appalachians.

Re: Flower Identification help

Posted: Jul 02 2012 10:06 am
by outdoor_lover
chumley wrote:That plant is deadly poisonous
I guess it's another reason to tiptoe through the Tulips. If the Fauna doesn't get you, the flora will.... :o

Re: Flower Identification help

Posted: Aug 28 2014 8:05 am
by azbackpackr
I got some of these, would like help with the rest, thanks!
http://hikearizona.com/photoset=31685&start=0

Re: Flower Identification help

Posted: Aug 28 2014 8:56 pm
by New2hyk
The white flowers are cosmos and last two are blanket flower.

Re: Flower Identification help

Posted: Aug 28 2014 9:04 pm
by azbackpackr
New2hyk wrote:The white flowers are cosmos and last two are blanket flower.
Thanks!!