Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
Genus species | Helleborus lividus Aiton ex Curtis |
Synonyms | Helleborus trifolius Mill. |
Helleborus triphyllus Lam. | |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Altitude | 200-1400m |
Description | leaves trifoliolate, leaflets ovate, glabrous, entire, adaxially dark green with white venation, abaxially purple, flowers crateriform, 3-5cm across, pendent, sepals ovate |
Size | 30-60cm |
Color | pale green, purple |
Bloom | winter, spring |
Ca | + |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 16-18°C division after flowering and in fall |
Territory |
Europe
Southwestern Europe (Baleares) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | RANUNCULACEAE
lividus corsicus (Briq.) Yeo, Taxon 35(1): 157 (1986)
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