Veratrum
Veratrum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melanthiaceae. It occurs in damp habitats across much of temperate and subarctic Europe, Asia, and North America.
| Veratrum | |
|---|---|
| Veratrum album | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Melanthiaceae |
| Tribe: | Melanthieae |
| Genus: | Veratrum L. 1753 |
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Veratrum species are vigorous herbaceous perennials with highly poisonous black rhizomes, and panicles of white or brown flowers on erect stems. In English they are known as false hellebores, false helleborines, and corn lilies. However, Veratrum is not closely related to hellebores, helleborines, maize, or lilies.
- Veratrum nigrum flowers, Poland
- Veratrum album subsp. oxysepalum, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
- Veratrum viride shoot emerging, Quebec, Canada
- Veratrum stamineum in the mountains of Japan
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