Melanthium hybridumWalter

slender bunchflower

WFO wfo-0000695455 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Melanthium hybridum, photographed by Bonnie Semmling
fig. a Bonnie Semmling, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-09-26 / obs. 159959138
Melanthium hybridum, photographed by Jason K.
fig. b Jason K., CC BY 4.0 / obs. 164587936
Melanthium hybridum, photographed by Brian Finzel
fig. c Brian Finzel, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 342924393
Melanthium hybridum, photographed by Chris Hoess
fig. d Chris Hoess, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 146299896
Melanthium hybridum, photographed by Jody Shugart
fig. e Jody Shugart, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 145357256
Melanthium hybridum, photographed by Alan Weakley
fig. f Alan Weakley, CC0 1.0 / obs. 87938463
Melanthium hybridum, photographed by Sean Bloom
fig. g Sean Bloom, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 84082225
Melanthium hybridum, photographed by Bonnie Semmling
fig. h Bonnie Semmling, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 76009152

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Native range 15 botanical countries

Regions where Melanthium hybridum is native: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia AlabamaArkansasConnecticutGeorgiaMarylandNew JerseyNew YorkNorth CarolinaPennsylvaniaSouth CarolinaTennesseeVirginiaWest Virginia DelawareDistrict of Columbia
Native distribution of Melanthium hybridum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Alabama ALA NORTHERN AMERICA
Arkansas ARK
Connecticut CNT
Delaware DEL
District of Columbia WDC
Georgia GEO
Maryland MRY
New Jersey NWJ
New York NWY
North Carolina NCA
Pennsylvania PEN
South Carolina SCA
Tennessee TEN
Virginia VRG
West Virginia WVA

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 8 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Evonyxis hybrida (Walter) Raf.
  • Leimanthium hybridum (Walter) Sweet
  • Melanthium latifolium Desr.
  • Melanthium latifolium var. longipedicellatum A.Br.
  • Melanthium racemosum Michx.
  • Melanthium virginicum var. hybridum (Walter) Alph.Wood
  • Veratrum hybridum (Walter) J.H.Zimmerman ex Zomlefer
  • Veratrum latifolium (Desr.) Zomlefer

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol VEHY. public domain. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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