OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Veratrum viride   FAMILY Melanthiaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veratrum viride   FAMILY Liliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Veratrum viride

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)

Veratrum viride var. viride

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Veratrum viride

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-24-001:

Veratrum viride   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Veratrum viride

 

COMMON NAME:
White-hellebore, Indian Poke, Green Hellebore, Cornhusk Lily


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image of Veratrum viride, White-hellebore, Indian Poke, Green Hellebore, Cornhusk Lily

USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969    mpa_page_263

        

image of Veratrum viride, White-hellebore, Indian Poke, Green Hellebore, Cornhusk Lily

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_vevi_001_lvd

        

image of Veratrum viride, White-hellebore, Indian Poke, Green Hellebore, Cornhusk Lily

JK Marlow    jkm060521_068

May    Macon County    NC

Highlands Biological Station

image of Veratrum viride, White-hellebore, Indian Poke, Green Hellebore, Cornhusk Lily

JK Marlow    jkm060521_071

May    Macon County    NC

Highlands Biological Station

Heavily ribbed oval leaves up to 12" long, sessile or somewhat clasping, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Veratrum viride, White-hellebore, Indian Poke, Green Hellebore, Cornhusk Lily

Kevin Adams    kcaveratrumviride_37

May    Yancey County    NC

Mount Mitchell State Park

image of Veratrum viride, White-hellebore, Indian Poke, Green Hellebore, Cornhusk Lily

JK Marlow    jkm100626_156

June    Avery County    NC

The Roan Highlands

Flowers have ciliate margins, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Veratrum viride, White-hellebore, Indian Poke, Green Hellebore, Cornhusk Lily

Keith Bradley    kab_veratrum_viride_0215

June    Avery County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Tepals lanceolate to oblong-elliptic, narrowed to short broad claw, per Flora of North America.

image of Veratrum viride, White-hellebore, Indian Poke, Green Hellebore, Cornhusk Lily

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvviride_mm

June    Yancey County    NC

Mount Mitchell

image of Veratrum viride, White-hellebore, Indian Poke, Green Hellebore, Cornhusk Lily

JK Marlow    jkm0507g_19

July    Pocahontas County    WV

Cranberry Glades Botanical Area

Inflorescence branches ascending to spreading, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

image of Veratrum viride, White-hellebore, Indian Poke, Green Hellebore, Cornhusk Lily

JK Marlow    jkm0507g_25

July    Pocahontas County    WV

Cranberry Glades Botanical Area

Fruit a 3-chambered green capsule, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).

image of Veratrum viride, White-hellebore, Indian Poke, Green Hellebore, Cornhusk Lily

JK Marlow    jkm070702_152

July    Pocahontas County    WV

Cranberry Glades Botanical Area

This plant is strongly poisonous; an insecticide was formerly manufactured from the roots, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Veratrum viride, White-hellebore, Indian Poke, Green Hellebore, Cornhusk Lily

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvviride_gf

Month Unknown    Avery County    NC

Grandfather Mountain

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Veratrum viride   FAMILY Melanthiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Veratrum viride   FAMILY Liliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Veratrum viride

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Veratrum viride var. viride

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Veratrum viride

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-24-001:
Veratrum viride   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Veratrum viride

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1593

Forb
Perennial
Polygamous

Habitat: seeps, streambanks, wet boulderfields, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Common in NC Mountains, rare in GA

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer
Yellowish-green/ Green/ Maroon
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals
6 stamens
Bisexual, or some proximal ones staminate

Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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