Key to Veratrum

View taxon page for Veratrum

(For a list of species in Veratrum, use the above link.)

Jepson Manual glossary definitions can be seen by moving your cursor over words underlined with dots.

1. Ovary woolly, fruit ± woolly; outer perianth parts irregularly shallowly 

fringed 

Having ragged or finely cut margins.

..... V. insolitum

1' Ovary, fruit glabrous or with only a few straight hairs, not woolly; perianth parts 

entire 

Having margins that are continuous and smooth (i.e., without teeth, lobes, etc.).

to deeply fringed

2. Perianth deeply fringed ..... V. fimbriatum

2' Perianth entire to finely 

dentate 

Having margins with sharp, relatively coarse teeth pointing outward, not tipward.

3. Inflorescence dense, branches crowded, 

spreading 

Oriented more or less perpendicularly to the axis of attachment; often, more or less horizontal.

to 

ascending 

Curving or angling upward from base, or about 30-60 degrees less than vertical or away from axis of attachment.

..... V. californicum var. californicum

3' Inflorescence open, branches ± spaced, lower drooping ..... V. viride

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