Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Veratrum viride
FAMILY
Melanthiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Veratrum from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veratrum viride
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Veratrum viride var. viride
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-24-001:
Veratrum viride
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Veratrum viride
COMMON NAME:
White-hellebore, Indian Poke, Green Hellebore, Cornhusk Lily
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vevi_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm060521_068
May Macon County NC
Highlands Biological Station
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JK Marlow jkm060521_071
May Macon County NC
Highlands Biological Station
Heavily ribbed oval leaves up to 12" long, sessile or somewhat clasping, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Kevin Adams kcaveratrumviride_37
May Yancey County NC
Mount Mitchell State Park
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JK Marlow jkm100626_156
June Avery County NC
The Roan Highlands
Flowers have ciliate margins, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Keith Bradley kab_veratrum_viride_0215
June Avery County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Tepals lanceolate to oblong-elliptic, narrowed to short broad claw, per Flora of North America.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvviride_mm
June Yancey County NC
Mount Mitchell
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JK Marlow jkm0507g_19
July Pocahontas County WV
Cranberry Glades Botanical Area
Inflorescence branches ascending to spreading, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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JK Marlow jkm0507g_25
July Pocahontas County WV
Cranberry Glades Botanical Area
Fruit a 3-chambered green capsule, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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JK Marlow jkm070702_152
July Pocahontas County WV
Cranberry Glades Botanical Area
Strongly poisonous: insecticide formerly manufactured from the plant's roots, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvviride_gf
Month Unknown Avery County NC
Grandfather Mountain
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Veratrum viride
FAMILY
Melanthiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veratrum viride
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Veratrum viride var. viride
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-24-001:
Veratrum viride
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Veratrum viride
1593
Forb
Perennial
Polygamous
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC -
Common in NC, rare in GA
Look for it in seeps, streambanks, wet boulderfields, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Wet
...Moist
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
Yellowish-green/ Green/ Maroon
Bisexual, or some proximal ones staminate
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals
6 stamens
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p346
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p459
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p032
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p033
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p371
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p463
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p015