A Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Washington State
Hosted by the University of Washington Herbarium, Burke Museum
Hosted by the University of Washington Herbarium, Burke Museum
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Melanthiaceae » Veratrum californicum var. californicum
Veratrum californicum Durand var. californicum[FNA26, HC, HC2]
skunk cabbage, California wild hellebore
Publication: J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 2. 3: 103. 1855.
Origin: Native
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Notes: FNA26: "N. Chiariello et al. (1980), using the snow-bank-emergent characteristics of Veratrum californicum, documented that the plants differing in open versus closed bud morphologies also have different leaf areas, internal temperatures, and rates of early expansion growth. These differences in life-history characteristics are inferentially similar to those of other alpine and northern Veratrum species."
Last updated 8/6/2012 by David Giblin.
Synonyms & Misapplied Names:
Veratrum eschscholtzii A. Gray var. watsonii Baker
Veratrum jonesii A. Heller
Veratrum speciosum Rydb.
Veratrum tenuipetalum A. Heller
