Plants Profile for Veratrum hybridum (slender bunchflower)

General Information
Symbol:	VEHY
Group:	Monocot
Family:	Liliaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	L48 N
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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©William S. Justice. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 494. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name	Other Common Names
LEHY15	Leimanthium hybridum (Walter) Sweet
MEHY3	Melanthium hybridum Walter
MELA4	Melanthium latifolium Desr.	slender bunchflower
MERA4	Melanthium racemosum Michx.
VELA11	Veratrum latifolium (Desr.) Zomlefer	slender bunchflower
ZIHY	Zigadenus hybridus (Walter) Kunth

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Liliidae
Order	Liliales
Family	Liliaceae – Lily family
Genus	Veratrum L. – false hellebore
Species	Veratrum hybridum (Walter) J.H. Zimmerman ex Zomlefer – slender bunchflower

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.
Connecticut Melanthium hybridum hybrid bunchflower Special Concern
Maryland Melanthium latifolium broad-leaved bunchflower Endangered
Tennessee Melanthium latifolium broadleaf bunchflower Endangered

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

Synonyms

VELA11 Veratrum latifolium (Desr.) Zomlefer

North America
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	FACU
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	FACU
Northcentral & Northeast	FACU