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Veratrum insolitum is a species of false hellebore, a type of plant closely related to the lily. Its common name is Siskiyou false hellebore. It is native to the northwestern United States: Washington (Klickitat County), western Oregon, and northwestern California as far south as Trinity County.[1][2]

Veratrum insolitum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Melanthiaceae
Genus:	Veratrum
Species:	V. insolitum
Binomial name
Veratrum insolitum Jeps.

Veratrum insolitum is a stout, hollow-stemmed perennial growing from a thick rhizome in the clay soil of wet evergreen forests. The erect cornstalk-shaped plant bears several large green elliptical leaves decreasing in size higher up on the grayish stem. The large panicle inflorescence is packed with many off-white hairy flowers each just under a centimeter wide. There are six fringed tepals and six stout stamens, each with a club-shaped yellow anther. The fruit is a capsule 2 to 3 centimeters long which contains large winged seeds.[3]

References

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment
• Calphotos Photo gallery, University of California
• Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas, Veratrum insolitum Jeps. Siskiyou false hellebore
• Pacific Bulb Society, Veratrum photos of several species

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