Melanthiaceae
Veratrum

Veratrum viride Aiton

First published in Hort. Kew. 3: 422 (1789)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Alaska to W. U.S.A., E. Canada to E. U.S.A. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Labrador, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Northwest Territories, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Yukon

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002). Flora of North America North of Mexico 26: 1-723. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002). Flora of North America North of Mexico 26: 1-723. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://newfoundland-labradorflora.ca/checklist/.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Torrey [s.n.] K002776495 Yes
Thompson, J.W. [s.n.] United States K002776499 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002776489 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] United Kingdom K001393017 No
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002776491 Yes
[G. M. D] [s.n.] K002776496 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002776492 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002776490 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002776488 Yes
Shriver, H. [[525/3]] United States K002776497 Yes
[Clive] [s.n.] Canada K002776493 Yes
[Melan Thiebaut] [s.n.] K002776498 Yes
{Schweinitz} [s.n.] K002776494 Yes
Thompson, J.W. [5531] United States K002776500 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images