Delaware Wildflowers

Veratrum virginicum (L.) Aiton
Virginia Bunchflower

(Melanthium virginicum)

Melanthiaceae — Bunchflower family

Rare native

Veratrum virginicum — July 2018

Veratrum virginicum — July 2018

Veratrum virginicum — July 2018

Veratrum virginicum — July 2018
Upper flowers are staminate, lower are perfect.

Veratrum virginicum — July 2018

Veratrum virginicum — July 2019
Note the three-lobed ovary and styles on the perfect flower at lower left.

Veratrum virginicum — July 2019
A staminate flower.

Pamphlets on Pollination