False hellebores
Botanical name: Veratrum
False hellebores
Botanical name: Veratrum
Description
False hellebores are poisonous flowering herbs found on both sides of the Atlantic. The flower's clusters are unusual and attractive, with colors ranging from greenish-white to dull purple. Their appearance makes some species popular as ornamentals, despite their high toxicity. Their toxic compounds are extracted and used in the pesticide industry. 
Species of False hellebores
Veratrum grandiflorum
Veratrum grandiflorum are poisonous flowering herbs found on both sides of the Atlantic. The flower's clusters are unusual and attractive, with colors ranging from greenish-white to dull purple. Their appearance makes some species popular as ornamentals, despite their high toxicity. Their toxic compounds are extracted and used in the pesticide industry.
Dwarf veratrum
Dwarf veratrum are poisonous flowering herbs found on both sides of the Atlantic. The flower's clusters are unusual and attractive, with colors ranging from greenish-white to dull purple. Their appearance makes some species popular as ornamentals, despite their high toxicity. Their toxic compounds are extracted and used in the pesticide industry.
California false hellebore
California false hellebore (Veratrum californicum) is a highly poisonous plant native to the United States. California false hellebore grows from the southwestern region of the United States through the Rocky Mountains, and in Alaska. This plant can interfere with normal gestation during pregnancy and has caused birth defects in animals.
Fringed false hellebore
Fringed false hellebore are poisonous flowering herbs found on both sides of the Atlantic. The flower's clusters are unusual and attractive, with colors ranging from greenish-white to dull purple. Their appearance makes some species popular as ornamentals, despite their high toxicity. Their toxic compounds are extracted and used in the pesticide industry.
Green false hellebore
Green false hellebore (Veratrum viride) is a large-leaved, flowering plant native to North America. The plant is notable for its toxicity - its leaves, roots, and stem are poisonous and cause vomiting. Some Native American tribes are known to have chosen their chief through a ritual in which candidates would all eat a portion of the toxic root, and whoever was least affected would become chief.
White hellebore
White hellebore is a poisonous plant native to parts of Europe and Asia. This perennial herb produces white flowers and winged seeds. It is easily confused with Gentiana lutea or Allium ursinum.
Appalachian bunchflower
Appalachian bunchflower are poisonous flowering herbs found on both sides of the Atlantic. The flower's clusters are unusual and attractive, with colors ranging from greenish-white to dull purple. Their appearance makes some species popular as ornamentals, despite their high toxicity. Their toxic compounds are extracted and used in the pesticide industry.
East asian white false-hellebore
East asian white false-hellebore are poisonous flowering herbs found on both sides of the Atlantic. The flower's clusters are unusual and attractive, with colors ranging from greenish-white to dull purple. Their appearance makes some species popular as ornamentals, despite their high toxicity. Their toxic compounds are extracted and used in the pesticide industry.
Lobed false helleborine
Lobed false helleborine are poisonous flowering herbs found on both sides of the Atlantic. The flower's clusters are unusual and attractive, with colors ranging from greenish-white to dull purple. Their appearance makes some species popular as ornamentals, despite their high toxicity. Their toxic compounds are extracted and used in the pesticide industry.
California false hellebore
California false hellebore are poisonous flowering herbs found on both sides of the Atlantic. The flower's clusters are unusual and attractive, with colors ranging from greenish-white to dull purple. Their appearance makes some species popular as ornamentals, despite their high toxicity. Their toxic compounds are extracted and used in the pesticide industry.
Cascade false hellebore
Cascade false hellebore are poisonous flowering herbs found on both sides of the Atlantic. The flower's clusters are unusual and attractive, with colors ranging from greenish-white to dull purple. Their appearance makes some species popular as ornamentals, despite their high toxicity. Their toxic compounds are extracted and used in the pesticide industry.
Hairy false-hellebore
Hairy false-hellebore are poisonous flowering herbs found on both sides of the Atlantic. The flower's clusters are unusual and attractive, with colors ranging from greenish-white to dull purple. Their appearance makes some species popular as ornamentals, despite their high toxicity. Their toxic compounds are extracted and used in the pesticide industry.
Black false hellebore
Black false hellebore has dark, star-shaped brown flowers that give the plant a profoundly mysterious and attractive appearance. It is best to be careful of black false hellebore, as all parts of the plant are poisonous! Black false hellebore has been used as an ornamental since at least 1773, and even Charles Darwin grew it in his garden!
Scientific Classification
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