[The Lily Family on Mt. Adams]
The False Hellebores of Mt. Adams

The Genus Veratrum

The photo above shows the broad leaves of the lower stem and drooping panicle branches of the inflorescence of green false hellebore as seen at Shorthorn Creek along the Shorthorn Trail in the Mt. Adams Wilderness.............August 24, 2008.

1. Siskiyou False Hellebore: Veratrum insolitum - This rare false hellebore approaches Mt. Adams from the south, and is mentioned here on the possibility that some plants may be found in the vicinity of either Trout Lake, WA or Glenwood, WA.

2. Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride var. eschscholtzii -

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