Veratrum album

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

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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963