WorldFloraDB - Veratrum viride

Characteristics

Stems 0.5–2 m, nearly glabrous to densely tomentose. Leaves ovate to elliptic, reduced distally, to lanceolate, 15–35 × 8–20 cm, glabrous to densely hairy, especially on abaxial surface. Inflorescences paniculate, with ascending to spreading or distinctly drooping (particularly in w North America) branches, 30–70 cm, tomentose; bracts lanceolate, shorter than flowers. Tepals deep green to yellowish, lanceolate to oblong-elliptic, narrowed to short, broad claw, 5–12 mm, tomentose adaxially, margins of both whorls or at least inner obviously erose-serrulate; gland 1, basal, dark green or yellowish green, V-shaped; ovary glabrous; pedicel 2–10 mm. Capsules oblong-ovoid, 2–3 cm, glabrous. Seeds flat, broadly winged, 8–10 mm.

More

Stem stout, erect, leafy to the top, to 2 m; lvs sessile or nearly so, often somewhat clasping, plicate, oval or elliptic, to 3 dm, half as wide; panicle freely branched, 2–5 dm, hairy; pedicels 2–4 mm; tep yellowish-green, elliptic or broadly lanceolate, 8–13 mm, narrowed to the base, ciliate; filaments erect, shorter than and free from the perianth; fr ovoid, 18–25 mm; 2n=32. Swamps and wet woods; Que. to Ont., s. to N.C.; Alas. to Oreg. June, July.

A bulb plant.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	herb
Growth support	free-standing
Foliage retention	deciduous
Sexuality	hermaphrodite
Pollination	entomogamy
Spread	-
Mature width (meter)	0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter)	2.0
Root system	-
Rooting depth (meter)	-
Root diameter (meter)	-
Flower color
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Fruit color	-
Fruiting months	-
Nitrogen fixer	-
Photosynthetic pathway	-

Environment

Swamps, moist meadows and low ground.

More

It is a temperate plant.

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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

CAUTION: Probably very poisonous. The leaves are used to make soup.

Uses	environmental use fiber medicinal poison social use
Edible	leaves
Therapeutic use	Analgesic (bulb), Antirheumatic (External) (bulb), Cough Medicine (bulb), Emetic (bulb), Gastrointestinal Aid (bulb), Heart Medicine (bulb), Laxative (bulb), Venereal Aid (bulb), Oral Aid (leaf), Analgesic (leaf), Cold Remedy (leaf), Hunting Medicine (leaf), Panacea (leaf), Orthopedic Aid (leaf), Pediatric Aid (leaf), Antirheumatic (External) (leaf), Antirheumatic (External) (rhizome), Respiratory Aid (rhizome), Analgesic (root), Dermatological Aid (root), Emetic (root), Gastrointestinal Aid (root), Orthopedic Aid (root), Poison (root), Antirheumatic (External) (root), Panacea (root), Stimulant (root), Nose Medicine (root), Hunting Medicine (root), Hemostat (root), Laxative (root), Sedative (root), Ceremonial Medicine (root), Antirheumatic (Internal) (root), Respiratory Aid (root), Unspecified (root), Cold Remedy (root), Tuberculosis Remedy (root), Pediatric Aid (root), Blood Medicine (root), Diaphoretic (root), Misc. Disease Remedy (root), Throat Aid (root), Psychological Aid (root), Ceremonial Medicine (shoot), Tuberculosis Remedy (tuber), Poison (unspecified), Gastrointestinal Aid (unspecified), Nose Medicine (unspecified), Analgesic (unspecified), Orthopedic Aid (unspecified), Other (unspecified), Cold Remedy (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified), Blood Medicine (unspecified), Hypotensive (unspecified), Abortifacient (unspecified), Witchcraft Medicine (unspecified), Antirheumatic (Internal) (unspecified), Dermatological Aid (unspecified), Antirheumatic (External) (unspecified), Ache(Back) (unspecified), Anodyne (unspecified), Arteriosedative (unspecified), Asthma (unspecified), Cancer (unspecified), Cardiosedative (unspecified), CNS depressant (unspecified), Cold (unspecified), Convulsion (unspecified), Dandruff (unspecified), Diaphoretic (unspecified), Dyspepsia (unspecified), Evil eye (unspecified), Fatality (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Fumitory (unspecified), Gout (unspecified), Heart (unspecified), Herpes (unspecified), Hypertension (unspecified), Insecticide (unspecified), Intoxicant (unspecified), Medicine (unspecified), Neuralgia (unspecified), Sedative (unspecified), Sore(Throat) (unspecified), Sudorific (unspecified), Swelling (unspecified), Tonsillitis (unspecified), Toothache (unspecified), Tranquilizer (unspecified), Tumor(Breast) (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Magic (unspecified), Ordeal (unspecified), Headache (unspecified), Chest (unspecified), CNS sedative (unspecified), Decongestant (unspecified), Inflammation (unspecified), Laxative (unspecified), Mania (unspecified), Pediculicide (unspecified), Poultice (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Shingles (unspecified), Snuff (unspecified), Hypotension (unspecified), Insecticides (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.

Mode	cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days)	90 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°)	15 - 18
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
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Optimum temperature (C°)	-
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