Helleborus niger

Helleborus niger

  • Helleborus niger
  • Helleborus niger
  • Helleborus niger
  • Helleborus niger
  • Helleborus niger
  • Helleborus niger
  • Flower name
    Helleborus niger
  • Scientific name
    Helleborus niger
  • Aliasクリスマスローズ, Helleborus niger, ヘレボラス, black hellebore, 黑嚏根草
  • Place of originEuropean
  • Place of floweringPark, Potted flower
  • Flowering seasonJanuary, February, December
  • Language of flowers「relieve my anxiety」

What is Helleborus niger

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Hellebore Niguel (Helleborus niger) is Evergreen perennial of the Buttercup, Department of Helleborus. Says Christmas rose which blooms only at Christmas time. What looks like a flower's calyx, has a white or pink blooms to down. Similar to known as the Lenten rose Hellebore orientalis.

Leak to the example of the Ranunculaceae, is a poisonous plant.


ヘレボルスオリエンタリスとニゲル

H. orientalis=Lenten ros(Left)、H. niger= Christmas ros(Right)

Common name: Hellebore Niguel (Helleborus niger),
scientific name:Helleborus niger L.(Hellebore Niguel),
aka: Hellebore (Christmas rose and Xmas rose), black hellebore, black staff rooted grass (Chinese), Heleborasl (Helleborus), winter Peony,
category name: Plantae Angiosperm true dicots Buttercup eyes Buttercup of Helleborus,
origin: Europe, life type: Evergreen perennial,
height: 20-30 cm, flower diameter: 6 ~ 9 cm, flower (actually the calyx color): white, peach, purple, Flowering period: 12 months-next year February,
note: poisonous plants


  • Order
    Ranunculales
  • Family
    Ranunculaceae
  • Genus
    Helleborus
  • Species
    H. niger
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Corymbose inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Mask-like corolla
  • Leaf type
    3-fold compound leaf
  • Edge of the leaf
  • Life typeEvergreen perennial
  • Flower colorsBrown Purple Cream White
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height20.0 ~ 30.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower6.0 ~ 9.0 cm

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