Veratrum fimbriatum |
Veratrum insolitum |
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fringe cornlily, fringe false-hellebore |
Siskiyou false-hellebore, Siskiyou wild hellebore |
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Stems | 1–2 m, densely tomentose distally. |
1–1.5 m, grayish-hairy distally. |
Leaves | elliptic-lanceolate, reduced distally, 20–50 × 10–25 cm, glabrous or sparsely hairy. |
blades elliptic, distal lanceolate, 10–35 × 7–21 cm, reduced distally, grayish-hairy, at least when young. |
Inflorescences | paniculate, with spreading to ascending branches, 30–50 cm, densely tomentose; bracts ovate to ovate-lanceolate, shorter than flowers. |
paniculate, with ascending branches, 20–50 cm, grayish-hairy; bracts ovate to lanceolate, shorter than flowers. |
Capsules | oblong-ovoid, 8–10 mm, glabrous. |
oblong-ovoid, 2–3 cm, densely tomentose. |
Seeds | ± globose, wingless, 5–7 mm. |
flat, broadly winged, 10–15 mm. |
Tepals | white, rhomboid-ovate to ovate, not clawed, 6–9 mm, margins ± deeply and irregularly fimbriate; glands 2, basal, ± mid tepal, yellow, elliptic; ovary glabrous; pedicel 6–12 mm. |
creamy white to yellow, broadly ovate, not clawed, 6–15 mm, margins strongly erose-ciliate or inner shallowly fimbriate; gland 1, basal, green, V-shaped, elliptic; ovary densely tomentose; pedicel 6–15 mm. |
2n | = 32. |
= 32. |
Veratrum fimbriatum |
Veratrum insolitum |
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Phenology | Flowering summer–early fall. | Flowering summer–fall. |
Habitat | Wet meadows in coastal scrub | Stream banks, moist meadows, mixed-evergreen forest margins |
Elevation | 0–100 m (0–300 ft) | 0–1500 m (0–4900 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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CA; OR; WA
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Discussion | This showy Veratrum species differs from others in its fragrant flowers with deeply fringed tepals, wingless seeds, and auxiliary bulbs in the lower leaf sheaths, and is restricted as a paleo-endemic to a 96-km coastal stretch of Sonoma and Mendocino counties (C. A. Taylor 1956, 1956b). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
The only other whitish-flowered species in North America, Veratrum californicum, which might be confused with V. insolitum, has entire, unfringed tepals, and only slightly hairy ovaries. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 74. | FNA vol. 26, p. 74. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Veratrum | Liliaceae > Veratrum |
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Name authority | A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 391. (1868) | Jepson: Fl. Calif. 1: 266. (1921) |
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