OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Helleborus niger   FAMILY Ranunculaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helleborus niger   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Helleborus niger

 

COMMON NAME:
Christmas-rose, Black Hellebore


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Helleborus niger   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helleborus niger   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Helleborus niger

 

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3999

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Cultivated, rarely escaped or persistent, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: northern Italy & adjacent areas

Waif(s)

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Palmately compound: 7-9 leaflets

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring
White often aging to pink
Radially symmetrical
5 petaloid sepals
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:

 

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