Veratrum californicum |
Veratrum insolitum |
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false-hellebore |
Siskiyou false-hellebore |
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Stems | 1–2.5m, glabrous proximally, tomentose distally. |
1–1.5m, distally hairy. |
Leaves | ovate, distally lanceolate to lance-linear, 20–40 × 15–25 cm, abaxially tomentose to ciliate or curly-haired, adaxially glabrous or with veins sparsely short-haired. |
elliptic, 10–35 × 5–20 cm; distal leaves lanceolate, reduced, gray woolly hairs below and on sheathes; at least when young. |
Inflorescences | dense panicles, 30–70 cm; branches spreading to stiffly erect; distal 33–50% unbranched, tomentose; bracts ovate-elliptic to lanceolate; shorter than to much longer than flowers. |
20–50 cm; branches ascending, gray woolly-haired; bracts ovate to lanceolate; shorter than flowers. |
Pedicel | 1–6 mm. |
6–15 mm. |
Flowers | tepals lanceolate to elliptic or oblong-ovate, 8–17 mm; creamy white with a greenish base, not or very slightly clawed; margins entire to minutely dentate, glabrous to abaxially tomentose; gland 1, green; V-shaped; basal; ovary glabrous or minutely hairy. |
6–9(15) mm; tepals widely ovate; creamy white to yellow, not clawed; gland 1, green, elliptic, Vshaped; basal; stamens equal to the length of the tepals; ovary densely woolly. |
Fruits | narrowly ovoid, 2–3 cm, glabrous. |
oblong-ovoid, 2–3 cm, woolly. |
Seeds | flat, 1–2 cm, winged. |
flat, 10–15 mm; wings broad. |
2n | =32. |
=32. |
Veratrum californicum |
Veratrum insolitum |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Western North America. 2 varieties. |
Moist meadows and stream banks, mixed-evergreen forest margins, open areas in thickets. Flowering Jun–Aug. 700– 1900m. Casc, CR, Sisk. CA, WA. Native. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 316 Tamra Prior |
Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 317 Tamra Prior |
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