It has glossy dark green[2] divided leaves, the surfaces are glabrous or adaxially sparsely appressed pubescent.

[2] The flowering period extends over the months of September and October.

[3] Aconitum henryi is poisonous due to the presence of alkaloids.

It was found in China and then first described and published by German botanist Ernst Georg Pritzel in Bot.

[5] This wildflower is native to China,[5] (within the provinces of Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan and Zhejiang) where it grows in forests and scrubs in mountainous areas (1,000–3,100 m (3,300–10,200 ft) above sea level).