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Many species of hellebore have green or greenish-purple flowers and are of limited garden value, although Corsican hellebore (H. argutifolius), a robust plant with pale green, cup-shaped flowers and attractive leathery foliage, is widely grown.
Helleborus viridis subsp. occidentalis from western Europe including the British Isles. [5] Other common names recorded include bastard hellebore, bear's foot and boar's foot. [6] Growing to around 60 cm (24 in) tall, the green hellebore is a semi-evergreen perennial plant. The flowers appear in spring (February to April). [3]
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.
Helleborus argutifolius Viv. It is an evergreen perennial growing to 120 cm (47 in) tall by 90 cm (3 ft) wide, with large leathery leaves comprising three spiny-toothed leaflets, and green bowl-shaped flowers in late winter and early spring.
Helleborus foetidus, known variously as stinking hellebore / ˈ h ɛ l ɪ b ɔː r /, dungwort, setterwort and bear's foot, is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, native to the mountainous regions of Central and Southern Europe and Asia Minor. It is found wild in many parts of England, especially on limestone soil.
Veratrum viride, known as Indian poke, corn-lily, Indian hellebore, false hellebore, green false hellebore, [2] or giant false-helleborine, [3] is a species of Veratrum native to eastern and western (but not central) North America. [4] [2] [5] It is extremely toxic, and is considered a pest plant by farmers with livestock.
Helleborus thibetanus, the Tibetan hellebore, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to China, in S Gansu, NW Hubei, S Shaanxi and NW Sichuan. [1] This rhizomatous perennial has a clump of smooth, finely serrated ovate leaves, which appear from early spring to midsummer. The papery, cup shaped flowers are borne in ...
Veratrum nigrum, the black false hellebore, [2] [3] is a widespread Eurasian species of perennial flowering plant in the family Melanthiaceae. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] Despite its common name, V. nigrum is not closely related to the true hellebores , nor does it resemble them.