Veratrum virginicum (L.) Aiton
Detail
- Family
- Melanthiaceae
- Botanical Name
- Veratrum virginicum (L.) Aiton
- Common Name
- Bog Bunchflower, Virginia Bunchflower
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Veratrum virginicum (L.) Aiton
- Comments
- Recent molecular studies have supported this species' inclusion in Veratrum. See Syst. Bot. 28:250-269 (2003).
- Habitat
- Seepage swamps (acidic or calcareous), seeps, bogs, calcareous and mafic fens, boggy clearings, and wet meadows. Infrequent in the sc. mountains and s. Piedmont; rare in the n. mountains, n. Piedmont, and Coastal Plain; apparently absent from far sw. Virginia.
- Native Status
- Native
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