Wildflowers are blanketing the mountains. But some of the most resplendent of these plants are also among the most poisonous. Most shown below have dangerous effects on heart rhythm and breathing that ...

Monkshood, a common flowering plant often found along hiking trails in Chugach State Park and throughout Alaska, has been blooming in particular abundance this year, botanists say. The purple blossoms ...

Nature has always taught us that beauty can sometimes be dangerous, so to assume that everything that grows from the earth is harmless is simply unwise. Monkshood flowers (Aconitum napellus) are a ...

Some flowers, like the monkshood, are aptly named. The dark blue to lavender flower has a petal-like sepal that looks, for lack of a better word, like a monk's hood. Concealed under the hood is the ...