Woodland Monks

Monkshood is not native to the area. It must have been planted long ago...found this one lone stalk in the middle of the woods behind my house.
"Aconitum, also known as "the queen of poisons", aconite, monkshood, wolf's bane, leopard's bane, women's bane, devil's helmet or blue rocket, is a genus of over 250 species of flowering plants belonging to the family Ranunculaceae. "

[Amy Evans]

Gorgeous color and light!

[Claire]

Nice light...:)

[Ian Apps]

Poisons, and I thought you were a lovely lady, nice shot. Love from down under, Ian

[Linda]

Beautiful! Love the color and the dark background.

[Julie Duncan]

Nice shot! What's weird is, I just finished reading a novel in which monkshood was baked in a roll and fed to someone to kill them! I'd never heard of it before this week!

[Kay Hodges]

Nice shot of a really unique flower! Beautiful!

[Scott]

The most beautiful poison photo I've ever seen!

[Ann M.]

Lovely. The lighting is perfect!

[Lisa]

Love that lighting, and how cool that you spotted this plant!

[Sue Wilde]

Such pretty light

[Allison]

The light is so pretty, as is the colour..........stunning!!!

[Junko Y]

the lighting is very nice . . . and there's something about this image today that reminds me of Jason's -- have you seen it? http://365project.org/bobfoto/365/2013-10-15

[Hope D Jennings]

@jyokota I had not,thank you for directing me to it,Junko..it is stunning!

[Junko Y]

@mzzhope -- you're welcome. I like making connections within our community -- isn't it fun?

[Vendy]

Gorgeous shot :-)

[belinda]

Beautiful, love the light in this shot.

[Tremerryn]

Lovely focusing.

[Rachel]

Stunning!

[Philomena]

beautiful photo, love the composition and lighting - and love this plant. Have 4 more to get in the ground from local fall plant sales. At least with this one, I am assured the deer won't even nibble !

[Jackie greenfield]

The colour of this is beautiful against the black Hope ! Beautiful :-)

[Barb]

Perfection!

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

Oooo I really like the purple against the back background! +F

[Mary Downing Hahn]

So that's what it looks like -- I wonder who planted it and why? I love the lighting and color. Just beautiful. Fav