Veratrum album

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Veratrum album in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Veratrum album, Linn. European White Hellebore. A hardy perennial 3-4 ft. high: root short, fleshy: lvs. green, plicate; radical lvs. 1 ft. long, oblong, 5-6 in. wide, firm in texture: panicle 1-2 ft. long, dense: fls. whitish inside, greenish outside; segms. oblong-spatulate, crisped-dentate; pedicels almost none. June, July. Eu., N. Asia. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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White Hellebore

Plant Info

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Liliopsida
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Melanthiaceae
Genus:	Veratrum
Species:	V. album

Binomial name

Veratrum album
L.

Veratrum album (White Hellebore, European White Hellebore, White Veratrum; syn. Veratrum lobelianum Bernh.^[1]) is a medicinal plant^[2]^[3] native to Europe, and it is also used as a homeopathic remedy.

References

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[1] Veratrum album at Plants For A Future

[2] Felter, Harvey Wickes. (1922) The Eclectic Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics.

[3] Felter, Harvey Wickes; Lloyd, John Uri. (1898) King's American Dispensatory.

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