Virginia Bunchflower
Veratrum virginicum
Virginia bunchflower lifts airy, branching panicles of starry white flowers above grass-like leaves in wet Southeastern meadows and savannas. Striking in bloom and, like its kin, toxic.
- Family
- Melanthiaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–5 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- green
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border, rain garden
- Native states
- AL, AR, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MN, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV