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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = White Hellebore
| image = Koeh-279.jpg
| image_width = 180px
| image_caption =
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Liliales]]
| familia = [[Melanthiaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Veratrum]]''
| species = '''''V. album'''''
| binomial = ''Veratrum album''
| binomial_authority = [[L.]]
}}
'''''Veratrum album''''' ('''White Hellebore''', '''European White Hellebore''', '''White Veratrum'''; [[syn.]] ''Veratrum lobelianum'' Bernh.<ref>[http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Veratrum+album ''Veratrum album''] at [[Plants For A Future]]</ref>) is a [[medicinal plant]]<ref>[http://www.henriettesherbal.com/eclectic/felter/veratrum-albu.html Felter, Harvey Wickes. (1922) ''The Eclectic Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics.'']</ref><ref>[http://www.henriettesherbal.com/eclectic/kings/veratrum-albu.html Felter, Harvey Wickes; Lloyd, John Uri. (1898) ''King's American Dispensatory.'']</ref> native to [[Europe]], and it is also used as a [[homeopathic remedy]].
==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Liliales]]
[[Category:Flora of Europe]]
[[Category:Medicinal plants]]
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