Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helleborus niger
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
COMMON NAME:
black hellebore
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3999
Forb
Perennial
Non-native
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Palmately compound: 7-9 leaflets
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring
White
often aging to pink
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5 petaloid sepals
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
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