Veratrum lobelianum Bernh.

Taxonomy: Fam. Melanthiaceae// Genus: Veratrum// Aggregate: Veratrum album aggr.// Species: Veratrum lobelianum Bernh. The taxonomic classification is given according to The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Raab-Straube, 2020+).

Determined according to the botanical key and distinguishing features/ description provided by Heywood in Tutin et. al (1980) and Colasante and Rudall (1999).

Distribution: Native from North and Central Europe to Italy, Balkan Peninsula, Caucasus, Mongolia and Russian Far East according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Lifeform: Perennial; Geophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Habitatat: Subalpine grasslands, clearings of European beech forests, Pteridium aquilinum fields.

Flowering period: Summer: JUN, JUL.

References:

Colasante, M. and Rudall, P.J. (2000). Veratrum album and V. nigrum (Melanthiaceae) in Italy: Micromorphology and systematics. Plant Biosystems 134(2):233-240. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233334633_Veratrum_album_and_V_nigrum_Melanthiaceae_in_Italy_Micromorphology_and_systematics [Accessed 04.07.2022].

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1980). Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Veratrum lobelianum Bernh. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30300236-2 [Accessed 04.07.2022].

Veratrum lobelianum. Raab-Straube, E. von (2020+): Melanthiaceae. – In: Euro+Med PlantBase. The information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/b4cec1f5-c79f-42cf-ae8c-f1dc79ea7144 [Accessed 04.07.2022].