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Scientific name:

Helleborus viridis

Vernacular name:

Hellebore, Green


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Green Hellebore

Scientific name: Helleborus viridis L.

Diagnostic features
Rhizomatous.
Stems to 40cm, erect.
Flowers 3-5cm across, saucer-shaped.
Sepals green.

Chromosome number: (2n=32).

Habitat
Native; woods and scrub on calcareous soils.

Distribution
Very local in England and Wales North to Yorks and Lancs, also grown in gardens and naturalized in Britain and Ireland.

Note
The British plant is Helleborus viridis L. subspecies occidentalis (Reut.) Schiffn.

This species is keyed out at Page 1492 of the Text Key.

Helleborus viridis (Hellebore, Green)
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