Hellebore

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Central Yugoslavia

Location

Groundcover Collection

Source of plant

Roslyn Nursery

Description

Variable perennial with several subspecies. Rhizomes and roots stout. Leaves basal, usually deciduous, coriaceous, green, pedate; leaflets much divided, segments 20-45, linear lanceolate, to 13x1.5cm, hairy beneath, especially on conspicuous veins, occasionally glabrous, margins coarsely serrate; petioles to 30cm, green, purple-brown below. Inflorescence exceeding leaves, branched; flowers 3-8, conic to cup-shaped, nodding, green, to 4.5cm diameter, scented; perianth segments equal or subequal, ovate to ovate-elliptic, barely overlapping; nectaries stalked, funnel-shaped, green; anthers to 2.5mm; carpels 3-4, fused below. Follicles to 2cm, narow below; seeds dark or red-brown, ridged.

USDA Hardiness Zone

6