General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Wet
Wet Mesic
Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 24 - 36 inches
Plant Spread: 12 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Suitable Locations: Bog gardening
Uses: Water gardens
Cut Flower
Dried Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Virginia Bunchflower
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Veratrum virginicum
  • Synonym: Melanthium virginicum

Photo Gallery
Location: Massachusetts garden
Date: July 20, 2019
Impressive grouping of this fine native plant, in full bloom with
Location: Massachusetts garden
Date: July 10, 2019
Imposing mass grouping of this fine native plant in full flower.
Location: Massachusetts garden
Date: July 10, 2019
Beautiful floral display on this plant, my plants reaching almost
Location: Massachusetts garden
Date: July 20, 2019
AS the flowers fade, uniquely they change over to lime green inst
Location: My yard in SE Nebraska
Date: 2009-06-22
Location: My Garden
Date: 2013-07-25
Location: Massachusetts garden
Date: Nov 11, 2016
Seeds
Location: Massachusetts garden
Date: Sep 26, 2016
close-up of seeds
Location: Massachusetts garden
Date: Sep 26, 2019
partial view of fully ripened seed pods
Location: Massachusetts garden
Date: June 30, 2017
flat of seedlings
Location: Mount Cuba Center, Hockessin, Delaware
Date: 2018-06-29
plants in bloom

Photo: Converse Griffith
Location: My Garden
Date: 2013-07-26
Location: Mount Cuba Center, Hockessin, Delaware
Date: 2018-06-29
white flower clusters
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2013-05-09
Comments:
  • Posted by ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Jun 29, 2018 3:19 PM concerning plant:
    A native wildflower found in moist woods, seepages, and damp clearings from Minnesota to New York & New Jersey to northern Florida to eastern Texas. The rootstock is poisonous. It can get to 5 feet high. Prairie Moon Nursery sells seeds of this species.

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