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Helleborus niger (Christmas rose, Black hellebore)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Order: Ranunculales > Family: Ranunculaceae > Genus: Helleborus

Helleborus niger (Christmas rose, Black hellebore)

Helleborus niger, Vienna Botanical Gardens, Austria. [photo H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

 

Native to Europe. Cultivated in gardens, including in southern Africa.

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