Veratrum insolitum

Taxobox
name = "Veratrum insolitum"


image_width = 240px
image_caption =
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Liliales
familia = Melanthiaceae
genus = "Veratrum"
species = "V. insolitum"
binomial = "Veratrum insolitum"
binomial_authority = Jeps.

"Veratrum insolitum" is a species of false hellebore, a type of plant closely related to the lily. Its common name is Siskiyou false hellebore. It is native to the northwestern United States from Washington to far northern California. This flowering plant is a stout, hollow-stemmed perennial growing from a thick rhizome in the clay soil of wet evergreen forests. The erect cornstalk-shaped plant bears several large green elliptical leaves decreasing in size higher up on the grayish stem. The large panicle inflorescence is packed with many off-white hairy flowers just under a centimeter wide each. There are six fringed petals and six stout stamens, each with a club-shaped yellow anther. The fruit is a capsule 2 to 3 centimeters long which contains large winged seeds.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8349,8674,8677 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=VEIN USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Veratrum+insolitum Photo gallery]