Veratrum

The veratrums are long-lived, vigorous herbaceous plants of the family of the Melanthiaceae in the past placed in the Liliaceae.

Principal species

• Veratrum album L., 1753 - white Veratrum or white hellebore

• Veratrum lobelianum Bernh., 1808 - Veratrum of Lobel
• Veratrum nigrum L., 1753 - black Veratrum

Random links:

Tetrahedron of Héron | -1775 | Primase | Desmodium triflorum | William the Hone | Norwood,_la_Géorgie

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