Ecological relationships
Who uses this plant?
2CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including GA
Genus host records with ranges including GA · Veratrum
- Feltia jaculiferaDingy Cutworm
- Xestia smithiiSmith's Dart
6BeesSoutheastern regional records
Southeastern regional records · Melanthium
Individual names are not available yet.
Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claimBeetles 4
- Centrinites strigicollis
- Mordella melaena
- Photinus pyralis
- Trichius piger
Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA
Flies 8
- Archytas aterrima
- Calythea albicincta
- Cistogaster occidua
- Musca domestica
- Paradidyma singularis
- Sphaerophoria cylindrica
- Stratiomyia meigenii
- Trichopoda pennipes
Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA
Other wasps 1
- Ammobia ichneumonea
Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA
No records yet · Ants · Adult butterflies / moths · Other insects
Growing and identification
Plant details
- Family
- Melanthiaceae
- Hardiness
- Zones 4–8
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Growing sources and scope
- Hardiness · “Zones 4–8” · Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder
- Height · “3–5 feet” · Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder
- Light · “Partial shade; Full shade; Full sun (documented habitat)” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team) · Carolinas and Georgia
- Soil · “Moist; Wet (documented habitat)” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team) · Carolinas and Georgia
- Spread · “1–2 feet” · Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder
Also known as
Bog Bunchflower; Veratrum virginicum; Virginia Bunch Flower; false hellebore; false-hellebore
Conservation status
| Georgia rank | Not available |
|---|---|
| Global rank | G5 |
| GA status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
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Sources
- tnky_atlas
- usda
- nc_flora
- Georgia occurrence source
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications