Veratrum dahuricum O.Loes.

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Melanthiaceae > Veratrum

Characteristics

Plants 70--150 cm tall, basally with dense, non-reticulate fibers formed from disintegrated sheaths. Leaves cauline, sessile, basally clasping; leaf blade elliptic or ovate-elliptic, 13--23 × 5--11 cm, abaxially densely silvery pubescent, apex acuminate. Panicle ± fusiform, 20--60 cm, many flowered; lateral branches subequaling terminal raceme, basal one usually with branchlets; rachis densely white pubescent-woolly; bracts ovate-lanceolate, pubescent marginally and abaxially. Pedicel ca. 2 mm. Tepals yellowish green, with white margin, elliptic or ovate-elliptic, 0.8--1.2 cm × 3--4 mm, abaxially pubescent, base clawed, margin erose. Stamens 4--6 mm. Ovary ovoid, densely pubescent. Fl. Jun--Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.7 - 1.5
Root system rhizome
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 90 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
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Images

Veratrum dahuricum unspecified picture
Veratrum dahuricum unspecified picture

Distribution

Veratrum dahuricum world distribution map, present in Chile, China, and Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:543485-1
WFO ID wfo-0000751410
COL ID 7FNKT
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Veratrum dahuricum Veratrum album var. dahuricum