Melanthiaceae

White false-helleborine

Veratrum album L.

Family: Melanthiaceae
Genus: Veratrum

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White false-helleborine (Veratrum album) — FlowerPhoto: Louis Imbeau, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (38)

Arabic: خربوق أبيض, خربق
Armenian: Կեղծ ղանձլամեր սպիտակ
arz: البوم فيراتروم
Asturian: Vedegame
Azerbaijani: Ağ asırqal
Catalan: Veladre, Veratre
Chinese: 白藜芦, 白藜蘆
Czech: Kýchavice bílá, Kýchavice bílá pravá
Danish: Hvid Foldblad
Dutch: Witte nieswortel
English: White false-helleborine, White false hellebore
Esperanto: Blanka heleboro
Finnish: Valkopärskäjuuri, Pohjanpärskäjuuri
French: Faux hellébore, Hellébore blanc, Varaire, Véraire, Vératre blanc, Vérine, Vérâtre blanc
Galician: Surbia
German: Weisser Germer, Weißer Germer, Lauskraut, Läusewurzel, Nieswurz
Greek: Βέρατρον το λευκόν
Hebrew: וורטרום לבן
hsb: Běła kichawa
Hungarian: Fehér zászpa
Icelandic: Hnerrarót
Italian: Veratro bianco, Veratro comune
Japanese: バイケイソウ, 梅蕙草
Korean: 박새
Lithuanian: Lobelio čemerys
Macedonian: Чемерика
Norwegian Bokmål: Nyserot
Norwegian Nynorsk: Kvit nyserot, Finnmarksnyserot
os: Нæлгæндыс
Persian: وراتروم آلبوم
Polish: Ciemiężyca biała, Ciemierzyca biała
Russian: Чемерица белая
Slovak: Kýchavica biela
Slovenian: Bela čmerika
Spanish: Baladra, Baladro, Ballestera, Ballestera blanca, Belegambre, Eléboro, Eléboro blanco, Heleboro blanco
Swedish: Vit nysrot
Turkish: Ak çöpleme
Ukrainian: Чемериця біла

Synonyms

Helleborus albus (L.) Gueldenst.
Melanthium album (L.) Thunb.
Melanthium bracteolare Desr.
Melanthium virens Thunb.
Veratrum album f. glabrescens (Zapał.) Soó
Veratrum album f. podolicum (Zapał.) Soó
Veratrum album f. viridiflorum (Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) Wimm. & Grab.
Veratrum album subsp. albicans Gaudin
Veratrum album subsp. album
Veratrum album subsp. misae (Širj.) Tzvelev
Veratrum album subsp. virescens Gaudin
Veratrum album var. albiflorum Lange
Veratrum album var. bosniacum (Beck) Nyman
Veratrum album var. croaticum Beck
Veratrum album var. flavum Griseb.
Veratrum album var. lobelianum (Bernh.) Rchb.
Veratrum album var. misae Širj.
Veratrum album var. spathulatum Beck
Veratrum album var. viride Lapeyr.
Veratrum album var. viridiflorum Mert. & W.D.J.Koch
Veratrum bosniacum Beck
Veratrum bosniacum var. albanicum O.Loes.
Veratrum croaticum (Beck) O.Loes.
Veratrum flavum (Griseb.) O.Loes.
Veratrum lobelianum f. oppositifolium Cheshm.
Veratrum lobelianum subsp. misae (Širj.) Šourková
Veratrum lobelianum var. glabrescens Zapał.
Veratrum lobelianum var. misae (Širj.) O.Loes.
Veratrum lobelianum var. obovatum Beck
Veratrum lobelianum var. podolicum Zapał.
Veratrum misae (Širj.) O.Loes.
Veratrum parviflorum Bong.
Veratrum polygamum Gilib.
Veratrum viride Röhl.

Flowers

In flower: June to July (from 623 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Alaska: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Louis Imbeau, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Alessia Guggisberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Quentin Groom, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Michael Andresek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Diego Nieto Lugilde, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Patrice78500, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Gentiana_lutea_total.jpg : User:Philipendula Veratrum_album_Dachstein.jpg : User, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Björn S..., CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Mirko Ubović, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Björn S., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Björn S., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Palickap, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.