Veratrum insolitum |
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Siskiyou false-hellebore, Siskiyou wild hellebore |
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Stems | 1–1.5 m, grayish-hairy distally. |
Leaf | blades elliptic, distal lanceolate, 10–35 × 7–21 cm, reduced distally, grayish-hairy, at least when young. |
Inflorescences | paniculate, with ascending branches, 20–50 cm, grayish-hairy; bracts ovate to lanceolate, shorter than flowers. |
Capsules | oblong-ovoid, 2–3 cm, densely tomentose. |
Seeds | flat, broadly winged, 10–15 mm. |
Tepals | 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. |
Veratrum insolitum |
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Phenology | Flowering summer–fall. |
Habitat | Stream banks, moist meadows, mixed-evergreen forest margins |
Elevation | 0–1500 m (0–4900 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR; WA
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Discussion | 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. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Veratrum |
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Name authority | Jepson: Fl. Calif. 1: 266. (1921) |
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