- Veratrum californicum
Taxobox
color = lightgreen
name = "Veratrum californicum"
image_width = 240px
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regnum =Plant ae
divisio =Magnoliophyta
classis =Liliopsida
ordo =Liliales
familia =Melanthiaceae
genus = "Veratrum "
species = "V. californicum"
binomial = "Veratrum californicum"
binomial_authority =Durand "Veratrum californicum" ( [California] corn lily, white or California false hellebore) is a
poisonous plant native to mountain meadows in southwesternNorth America and theRocky Mountains . It grows 1 to 2 meters tall, with a stem resembling a cornstalk. [cite book | author=Theodore F. Niehaus, Charles L. Ripper, and Virginia Savage | title=A Field Guide to Southwestern and Texas Wildflowers | publisher=Houghton Mifflin Company | year=1984 | pages = 10–11 | id=ISBN 0-395-36640-2]It is a source of
jervine andcyclopamine ,teratogen s which can cause birth defects such asholoprosencephaly andcyclopia in animals that graze upon it. These substances inhibit thehedgehog signaling pathway .Fact|date=July 2008References
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