Helleborus niger

Helleborus niger subsp. niger, Ferlach, Karawanken, Kärnten, Austria
Helleborus niger subsp. niger flower detail, Ferlach, Karawanken, Kärnten, Austria

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ranunculales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Ordo: Ranunculales

Familia: Ranunculaceae
Subfamilia: Ranunculoideae
Tribus: Helleboreae
Genus: Helleborus
Sectio: H. sect. Helleborus
Species:
Subspecies: H. n. subsp. macranthus – H. n. subsp. niger

Name

Helleborus niger L., Sp. Pl. 1: 558 (1753).

Hybrids

Note: These are all artificial hybrids.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Europe
    • Northern Europe
      • Sweden (casual).
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic, casual), Germany, Switzerland.
    • Southwestern Europe
      • France (doubtfully native).
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Italy, Yugoslavia (Croatia, Slovenia)
    • Eastern Europe (all casual except indicated otherwise)
      • Belarus, Baltic States (Estonia, Kaliningrad, Latvia, Lithuania), Krym, Central European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine (alien).

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Additional references

Vernacular names

  • العربية: خربق أسود
  • azərbaycanca: Qara şaxtagülü
  • български: Черен кукуряк
  • català: Hel·lèbor negre
  • čeština: Čemeřice černá
  • Cymraeg: Pelydr Du
  • dansk: Almindelig Julerose
  • Deutsch: Schwarze Nieswurz
  • dolnoserbski: Carny kichac
  • English: Black Hellebore
  • Esperanto: Nigra heleboro
  • español: Eléboro negro
  • فارسی: خربق سیاه
  • suomi: Vaaleajouluruusu
  • français: Hellébore noir
  • Gaelg: Blaa Nollick
  • हिन्दी: कटुकी
  • hrvatski: Velecvjetni kukurijek
  • hornjoserbsce: Čorna čemjerca
  • magyar: Fekete hunyor
  • italiano: Elleboro nero
  • 日本語: クリスマスローズ
  • Nederlands: Kerstroos
  • norsk: Julerose
  • polski: Ciemiernik biały
  • русский: Морозник чёрный
  • srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Velecvjetni kukurijek
  • slovenčina: Čemerica čierna
  • slovenščina: Črni teloh
  • српски / srpski: Црни кукурек
  • svenska: Julros
  • Türkçe: Noel gülü
  • 中文: 聖誕玫瑰
For more multimedia, look at Helleborus niger on Wikimedia Commons.