Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
Genus species | Helleborus foetidus L. |
Synonyms | Helleborus beugesiacus Jord. & Fourr. |
Helleborus deflexifolius Jord. & Fourr. | |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 200-1800m |
Description | unpleasantly smelling, leaves petiolate, palmatipinnate, with 7-11 narrowly lanceolate, dentate segments, uppermost leaves entire, flowers campanulate, 1-3cm across, in raceme |
Size | 30-50cm |
Color | pale green |
Bloom | winter, spring |
Ca | + |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 16-18°C division after flowering and in fall |
Territory |
Europe
Northern Europe (Great Britain ) Middle Europe (Belgium , Germany , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (Baleares , Corse , France , Portugal , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Italy ) Africa Northern Africa (Morocco) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | RANUNCULACEAE
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