| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Eranthis hyemalis (L.) Salisb. |
| Bibliography | Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8: 304 (1807) |
| Native Range | se. France to Bulgaria |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Description | leaves pentamerous, segments pinnate, terminal segments narrowly linear, deeply pinnate, involucral leaves similar, smaller, sepals obovate-oblong, petals numerous, linear |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | early spring |
| Ca | + |
| Type | tuberous perennial |
| Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. over 1 year, 13-16°C division of resting tubers |
| Synonyms | Cammarum hyemale (L.) Hill Eranthis bulgarica (Stef.) Stef. Eranthis hyemalis var. bulgarica Stef. Eranthis hyemalis var. tubergenii (Bowles) P.D.Sell Eranthis tubergenii Bowles Heleboroides hyemale (L.) Kuntze Helleborus hyemalis L. Helleborus involucratus Stokes Helleborus monanthos Moench Koellea hyemalis (L.) Biria Robertia hiemalis (L.) Mérat |
| Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France) 13 Southeastern Europe (BUL Bulgaria, ITA Italy, YUG Yugoslavia) |