Veratrum fimbriatum

Fringed false-hellebore, Fringed False-Hellebore

Family: Melanthiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.3

Fringed false-hellebore is a California native perennial found in central coastal Northern California, including Mendocino and Sonoma counties, in wet meadows within coastal scrub habitats at elevations near 100 meters. Flowering from July to September, this plant produces distinctive white flowers 6 to 10 millimeters long with deeply fringed perianth parts and yellow elliptic glands. Growing with tall stems 15 to 50 centimeters high that are tomentose with spreading branches, it develops a robust presence in its coastal habitat. Its lower leaves are large and lanceolate, extending 20 to 50 centimeters and appearing glabrous or only sparsely hairy. The fruit is obovoid, approximately 8 millimeters long, with seeds about 6 millimeters in size and slightly margined.

Habitat: Wet meadows in coastal scrub

Bloom period: Jul-Sep

Elevation: < +- 100 m

Bioregions: c NCo, w NCoRO (Mendocino, Sonoma cos.).

California counties: Mendocino, Sonoma, San Diego

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.