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Pink spring hellebore flowers in the garden

Helleborus niger flowers with bright white petals. Spring.

Violet Helleborus (christmas flower) in a garden at spring

Macro picture of a blooming purple hellebore orientalis flowerhead with the stamen.

Blooming hellebores flowers on sunny spring day

$Springtime. Close-up of Helleborus orientalis 'Ballard Hybrids' or \$

Purple hellebore flower in the dark corner of the bush.

Beautiful pink Christmas rose flower. Winter flowering plant for use in pots and planters. Copy space. (Helleborus x glandorfensis)

$Helleborus orientalis, the Lenten rose, is a perennial flowering plant and species of hellebore in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, native to Greece and Turkey.\nDescription:\nThis perennial reaches 28–45 cm tall, with glossy green palmate leaves composed of 7–9 leaflets with serrated leaf margins. Leathery in texture, the leaves are evergreen. The cup-shaped pendent flowers appear in late winter and spring, arising in groups of 1–4 on the ends of thick stems rising above the foliage. They have yellow stamens. All parts of the Lenten rose are poisonous[ Sap coming into contact with the skin may cause temporary irritation, while ingestion of large quantities can cause burning of mouth and throat, vomiting, abdominal cramping, and diarrhea. \nTaxonomy:\nJean-Baptiste Lamarck described the species in 1789, giving it its current name of Helleborus orientalis (\$