Green deathcamas

Description

A tuberous/fleshy rooted perennial species closely related to Veratrum which it resembles at times. Differing by its clumps of linnear to lance-shaped pale green leaves to 1m tall in this species which we collected seed of at particularly high elevation. At 3425m close to the summit of Volc-n Zunil in the winter of 2001, where they formed a colony with the old branched flowering stems to 1.7m tall, still retaining the seed capsules which had succeeded the white green centred flowers born in July. Best grown in a humus enriched soil with severe drainage in sun to light shade.