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Helleborus cyclophyllus

Helleborus cyclophyllus
Photo: Peter Billinghurst, CC BY-SA 3.0

Helleborus cyclophyllus is a Balkan hellebore species with green to yellow-green flowers borne on leafless stalks above basal palmate leaves. It is a hardy woodland perennial and is grown mainly by collectors and in shade gardens rather than as a common houseplant.

Family
Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Part shade, Shade
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during growth and flowering, and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Humus-rich, well-drained loam with plenty of organic matter, neutral to slightly alkaline.
Temperature
Hardy to about -15 °C; cool to cold winters suit it.
How easy
Moderate
Safety
Toxic: All parts contain irritant saponins and glycosides; ingestion can cause gastrointestinal upset, and skin contact may irritate.
Native range
Balkan Pen.
Climate
temperate

About

Helleborus cyclophyllus is a flowering perennial plant in the family Ranunculaceae. It is native to Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, and Yugoslavia. It is similar in appearance to other hellebores found in the Balkan region. It is acaulescent, meaning it lacks a stem with leaves, instead sending up a leafless flower stalk. The green leaves are palmate and basal, spreading at the ground. The flowers are green to yellow-green and 2 to 3 inches in diameter.

Other Helleborus plants

Blue-grey hellebore · Helleborus atrorubens · Stinking Hellebore · Majorcan Hellebore · Black Hellebore · Lenten-rose · Helleborus thibetanus · Green Hellebore · Hellebore

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Helleborus cyclophyllus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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