Veratrum album, White Hellebore - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: White Hellebore, European white hellebore, White veratrum, False helleborine

Botanical name & synonyms: Veratrum album, Helleborus albus, Melanthium album, Veratrum polygamum, Melanthium bracteolare, Melanthium virens, Veratrum viride, Veratrum parviflorum, Veratrum bosniacum, Veratrum lobelianum var. obovatum, Veratrum lobelianum var. glabrescens, Veratrum lobelianum var. podolicum, Veratrum croaticum, Veratrum flavum, Veratrum lobelianum var. misae, Veratrum misae, Veratrum lobelianum f. oppositifolium, Veratrum lobelianum subsp. misae

Family: (Melanthiaceae, Liliaceae)

• native to eastern Europe, European alpine regions
  

• perennial
  

• 50 to 150cm
  

• flower VI to VIII
  

• plant community: wet meadow
  

• poison plant
  

Sow seed at 18-22ºC (64-72ºF) for 2-4 weeks, move to -6 to -7ºC (19-21ºF) for 4-6 weeks, move to 5-12ºC (41-57ºF) for germination.