Veratrum
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Veratrum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melanthiaceae.[3] It occurs in damp habitats across much of temperate and subarctic Europe, Asia, and North America.[2][4][5][6][7]
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Veratrum | |
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Veratrum album[1] | |
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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.[8] 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