Multiple ribbed green leaf mountain plant… leek? | Walter Reeves: The Georgia Gardener

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Growing high in the Rich Mountain Wilderness in Gilmer County… Very prolific, I might add… wide, ribbed, deep green leaves…

Richard Holt Registered says:

I’ve poured over webpages… and know it not to be ramps, now… I was actually hoping they were… It apparently is, or is very similar to Veratrum viride… false hellebore… which is toxic! On a youtube video, concerning ramps… a man noted to leave this plant alone, and he said the name twice… I couldn’t understand him either time… but got enough of the sound to find this information… Thank you…

April 20th, 2019 at 7:44pm
Walter Reeves The Georgia Gardener says:

Looks like ramp Do the leaves smell like onion?

April 20th, 2019 at 5:44pm

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