Flowers; Botanical Garden Halle, Germany; 4/2013 © Julia Roeser
Flowers; Botanical Garden Halle, Germany; 3/2011 © Julia Roeser
Flowers; Montserrat, Barcelona, Spain; 3/2011 © Jörn Germer
Flower, side view; Montserrat, Barcelona, Spain; 3/2011 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; Montserrat, Barcelona, Spain; 3/2011 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Montserrat, Barcelona, Spain; 3/2011 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 2094 Date of entry: 30.04.2013 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Stinking hellebore
German: Stinkende Nieswurz
Kingdom: Plantae (2654)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2567)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2163)
Order: Ranunculales (74)
Family: Ranunculaceae (52)(family description)
Genus: Helleborus (6)
Epithet: foetidus L. (1)
foetidus => evil smelling
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: green
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