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Veratrum viride Green false hellebore is a large (0.7-2 m tall), robust herbaceous perennial . The stems are unbranched and often clustered in groups. The leaves are large (10-35 cm long) and broad with prominent veins. The small pale-green flowers are borne in terminal branched spikes, the branches drooping. Green false hellebore grows in wet meadows and open forests from low to subalpine elevations, where it is most abundant. Green false hellebore is often apparently grazed by mammalian herbivores, but there is a report in the literature of this plant causing cyclopy (a single central eye) in cattle. |