Plant Portrait

Scientific Name:

Veratrum latifolium

Common Name:

Narrow Leafed Bunchflower

Native/Alien:

Native

Type:

Perennial

Plant

(...the one with the long strappy leaves...)
"I thought I was digging Fly Poison about 5 years ago. Each year this plant would get a little bigger and finally it bloomed, surprise!" -- Tom Harville

Narrow Leafed Bunchflower

© Tom Harville, 2005

Closeup of Bloomstalk

Once it bloomed, it was originally thought to be Zigadenus densus.

blooms

© Tom Harville, 17 July 2005

Links:

USDA PLANTS Database Record

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