Helleborus orientalis

Helleborus orientalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Helleborus
Species:
H. orientalis
Binomial name
Helleborus orientalis
H. orientalis with swollen seedpods, Netherlands

Helleborus orientalis, the Lenten rose,[1] is a perennial flowering plant and species of hellebore in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, native to Greece and Turkey.[2]

Bed of Helleborus orientalis.
  1. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Helleborus orientalis Lam". Flora Europaea. Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh. Retrieved 29 January 2015.