Family: Buttercup/ Ranunculaceae
Ecology/ Botany:
This is an extremely poisonous perennial. It prefers moist montane to subalpine forest openings and streambanks of Engelmann Spruce-Subalpine Fir forest zones.
Medicinal/ Traditional/ Other Uses:
In folklore, a chemical component of the tuber is an ingredient in a flying ointment witches used to take flight. It caused heart fibrillation and delirium and therefore the sensation of flying.
References/ Other useful links:
Parish, Coupe, Lloyd. 1996. Plants of Southern Interior British Columbia. B. C. Ministry of Forests and Lone Pine Publishing.
https://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Aconitum%20columbianum&noTransfer=0