Veratrum album


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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.


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.


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