Common Name: green false hellebore, Indian poke, Indian hellebore, false helleboreScientific Name: Veratum viride AitonFamily Name: Liliaceae - Lily FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cycleintroduced perennial, reproducing by seed and short, stout rhizome Stemsupright, unbranched and multiple from base, stout and solid, green, smooth or hairy Leavesspirally arranged, oval to broadly lanceolate, heavily ribbed (pleated like an accordion), mostly sessile and appearing clasped, tip pointed, margins entire, smooth above and hairy below Flowers6-tepaled, green to yellowish-green with dark green centers, hairy; terminal cluster, branched, narrow, hairy