| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Helleborus foetidus L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 558 (1753) |
| Native Range | w. Europe to c. Germany and s. Italy, n. Morocco |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| 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 | subshrub |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Helleboraster foetidus (L.) Moench Helleborus beugesiacus Jord. & Fourr. Helleborus deflexifolius Jord. & Fourr. Helleborus foetidus ssp. balearicus (L.Chodat) Romo Helleborus foetidus var. balearicus L.Chodat Helleborus jourdanii E.-L.Pagés Helleborus nemoralis Jord. & Fourr. Helleborus rhodanicus Jord. & Fourr. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (GRB Great Britain) 11 Middle Europe (BGM Belgium, GER Germany, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (BAL Baleares, COR Corse, FRA France, POR Portugal, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (MOR Morocco) |