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Mountain Bunchflower, Appalachian Bunchflower (Veratrum parviflorum, Melanthium parviflorum) Watauga Co., NC 23 July 2006 Common in mountain forests in NC, the flowers are borne on tall, branched stalks (a panicle of racemes). |
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Mountain Bunchflower, Appalachian Bunchflower (Veratrum parviflorum, Melanthium parviflorum) Watauga Co., NC 23 July 2006 Some taxonomists treat this as Veratrum parviflorum in the Melanthaceae. |
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Mountain Bunchflower, Appalachian Bunchflower (Veratrum parviflorum, Melanthium parviflorum) Watauga Co., NC 23 July 2006 Leaves mostly basal, with cauline leaves becoming reduced in size up the stem. |
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Mountain Bunchflower, Appalachian Bunchflower (Veratrum parviflorum, Melanthium parviflorum) Watauga Co., NC 23 July 2006 |
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False Hellebore, Green False Hellebore, Indian Poke, American Hellebore (Veratrum viride) Floyd Co., VA 23 June 2007 Common in the NC mountains near streams and seeps. |
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False Hellebore, Green False Hellebore, Indian Poke, American Hellebore (Veratrum viride) Floyd Co., VA 23 June 2007 Petals are connected at their bases with stamens attached. |
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False Hellebore, Green False Hellebore, Indian Poke, American Hellebore (Veratrum viride) Floyd Co., VA 23 June 2007 |
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False Hellebore, Green False Hellebore, Indian Poke, American Hellebore (Veratrum viride) Floyd Co., VA 23 June 2007 Fruits develop into a capsule. |
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False Hellebore, Green False Hellebore, Indian Poke, American Hellebore (Veratrum viride) Floyd Co., VA 23 June 2007 |
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False Hellebore, Green False Hellebore, Indian Poke, American Hellebore (Veratrum viride) Floyd Co., VA 23 June 2007 |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.
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