Common name
English: Corsican hellebore
German: Korsische Nieswurz
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Ranunculales (76)
Family: Ranunculaceae (53)(family description)
Genus: Helleborus (6)
Epithet: argutifolius Viv. (1)
Synonym: Helleborus lividus ssp. corsicus (Briq.) P.F.Yeo
argutifolius => sharply toothed leaves
corsicus => from Corsica, France
lividus => dull, grayish, leaden blue
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: green