Helleborus niger

Botanical Name: Helleborus niger
Common Name: Christmas rose
Family Name: Ranunculaceae
Distribution/Origin: Europe

Leaf: Compound, Digitate (palmate), Green, Dark-green, Leathery, Glabrous, Lustrous,
Oblanceolate/Oblong/Acute/Obtuse/Attenuate/Entire, Pinnately lobed, Serrate    

Bud: Basal

Inflorescence: Showy, White, Green, Pink, Dark-red, Campanulate, Flowers clustered, Jan/Feb/Mar

Fruit/Seed: Follicle, Fruit insignificant

Size: Height: 0.2 - 0.4m/Spread: 0.3 - 0.6
Habit: Upright, Clumping
Form: Mounded

Soil: Alkaline, Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained

Moisture: Moderate

Sun: Partial sun

Exposure: Partial shade

Landscape uses: Rock garden, Winter interest, Woodland margin

Notes: Broadleaf evergreen, Herbaceous perennial