Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helleborus orientalis
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
COMMON NAME:
Lenten-rose
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JK Marlow jkm160311_197
March Greenville County SC
Riparian zone along urban waterway
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JK Marlow jkm160311_198
March Greenville County SC
Riparian zone along urban waterway
Leaves, stems and roots are poisonous, per www.missouribotanicalgarden.org.
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JK Marlow jkm160311_198b
March Greenville County SC
Riparian zone along urban waterway
Flowering stems branched w leaflike bracts at branching points & under flrs, per The Southern Living Garden Book.
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JK Marlow jkm160311_198c
March Greenville County SC
Riparian zone along urban waterway
Flowers 3-4" diameter, usually nodding, with contrasting yellow stamens, per www.missouribotanicalgarden.org.
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JK Marlow jkm160311_201
March Greenville County SC
Riparian zone along urban waterway
All species of Helleborus have the potential to naturalize, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm160311_202b
March Greenville County SC
Riparian zone along urban waterway
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JK Marlow jkm160311_204
March Greenville County SC
Riparian zone along urban waterway
Basal leaves with 5-11 sharply toothed leaflets, per The Southern Living Garden Book.
3998
Forb
Perennial
Non-native: Greece, Turkey, Caucasian Russia
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Palmately compound: 7-9 leaflets
Margins sharply serrate
FLOWER:
Spring
White, greenish, purplish, rose
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5 petaloid sepals
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
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