Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Helleborus > Helleborus argutifolius

Helleborus argutifolius (blue-grey hellebore)

Synonyms: Helleborus corsicus; Helleborus lividus corsicus; Helleborus lividus var. integrifolius; Helleborus trifolius corsicus

Wikipedia Abstract

Helleborus argutifolius (holly-leaved hellebore, Corsican hellebore) syn. H. corsicus, H. lividus subsp. corsicus is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to Corsica and Sardinia. 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. In cultivation Helleborus argutifolius hybridises readily with the closely related H. lividus. The former plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0