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Helleborus viridis
Also called Christmas-rose, Lenten-rose
Green hellebore is a semi-evergreen perennial native to central and western Europe, growing about 60 cm tall with green spring flowers. It is a woodland and hedgerow plant that prefers limestone or chalk soils and shade.
Helleborus viridis, commonly called green hellebore, is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, native to central and western Europe, including southern England. All parts of the plant are poisonous. Other common names recorded include bastard hellebore, bear's foot, and boar's foot.
Consumption of any part of the plant can lead to severe vomiting and seizures.
The green hellebore is found in western and central Europe, east to eastern Austria and south to northern Italy. It grows on limestone and chalk-based soils in the south of England.
Blue-grey hellebore · Stinking Hellebore · Majorcan Hellebore · Black Hellebore · Lenten-rose · Helleborus thibetanus · Hellebore
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Helleborus viridis 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.
