Burke: Veratrum viride vs. Veratrum

	Veratrum viride	Veratrum
	American false hellebore, green false hellebore, Indian-poke	corn-lily, false hellebore, skunk-cabbage
Habit	Tall perennial herbs from thick rhizomes, the unbranched stems glabrous below and white-woolly above, 1-2 m. tall.
Leaves	Leaves numerous, alternate, cauline, oblong-elliptic, up to 35 cm. long and nearly as broad.
Flowers	Inflorescence a loose, open panicle, 3-7 dm. long, the lower branches distinctly drooping; pedicels 2-3 mm. long; perianth yellow-green to deep green, saucer-shaped; tepals 6, distinct, narrowly oblong-lanceolate, 6-10 mm. long, serrulate, woolly on the outside, with a short, broad claw; stamens 6, as long as the tepals.
Fruits	Capsule 2-3 cm. long, glabrous, tipped with the persistent styles.

	Veratrum viride	Veratrum
Flowering time	June-September
Habitat	Moist meadows and woodlands, lowlands to subalpine.
Distribution	Widely distributed throughout the forest and mountainous areas of Washington; Alaska south to California, east to the northern Rocky Mountains; eastern North America from Alabama to Newfoundland. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]	[BONAP county map]
Origin	Native	Native
Conservation status	Not of concern	Not of concern
Sibling taxa	V. californicum, V. insolitum
Subordinate taxa	V. viride var. eschscholzianum	V. californicum, V. insolitum, V. viride
Web links	Local floras: BC, CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search	Local floras: CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Veratrum viride

Veratrum

American false hellebore, green false hellebore, Indian-poke

corn-lily, false hellebore, skunk-cabbage

Habit

Tall perennial herbs from thick rhizomes, the unbranched stems glabrous below and white-woolly above, 1-2 m. tall.

Leaves

Leaves numerous, alternate, cauline, oblong-elliptic, up to 35 cm. long and nearly as broad.

Flowers

Inflorescence a loose, open panicle, 3-7 dm. long, the lower branches distinctly drooping;

pedicels 2-3 mm. long;

perianth yellow-green to deep green, saucer-shaped;

tepals 6, distinct, narrowly oblong-lanceolate, 6-10 mm. long, serrulate, woolly on the outside, with a short, broad claw;

stamens 6, as long as the tepals.

Fruits

Capsule 2-3 cm. long, glabrous, tipped with the persistent styles.

Veratrum viride

Veratrum

Flowering time

June-September

Habitat

Moist meadows and woodlands, lowlands to subalpine.

Distribution

Widely distributed throughout the forest and mountainous areas of Washington; Alaska south to California, east to the northern Rocky Mountains; eastern North America from Alabama to Newfoundland.

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]