Dear all; Don't know why Veratrum are not more widely grown. They are very handsome plants. Few seem to appear in specialty nursery catalogs. A native species I have grown for years is V. woodii. My plant was originally dug from the wild in Iowa, but it is also found in east MO and I have seen it in around the AR/OK border. Apparently it gets E. to Ohio. Don't know if anyone sells it, but it is certainly garden worthy. Blooms every year and next round I'll send fresh seed to the seed exchange. V. woodii is a smaller plant with pleated leaves forming an upright shape. The flowering spike gets to perhaps 3 - 4 feet with many (hundreds) of small star-shaped dull brown flowers over a long period. Best Jim W. -- Dr. James W. Waddick 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 USA Ph. 816-746-1949 E-fax 419-781-8594 Zone 5 Record low -23F Summer 100F +