Poetry in the sky (Helleborus niger)

Commonly known as Hellebores, members of the genus Helleborus comprise approximately 20 species (ongoing fieldwork may see this figure change) of herbaceous perennial flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae, within which it gave its name to the tribe of Helleboreae. Many species are poisonous.
The genus is native to much of Europe, from western Great Britain, Spain and Portugal, eastward across the Mediterranean region and central Europe into Romania and Ukraine, and along the north coast of Turkey into the Caucasus. The greatest concentration of species occurs in the Balkans. One atypical species (H. thibetanus) comes from western China; another atypical species (H. vesicarius) inhabits a small area on the border between Turkey and Syria.
Helleborus niger, commonly called Christmas rose or black hellebore, is an evergreen perennial flowering plant in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae. It is poisonous.
Although the flowers resemble wild roses (and despite its common name), Christmas rose does not belong to the rose family (Rosaceae).

Helleborus è un genere della famiglia delle Ranunculaceae, noto col nome comune di elleboro; originario dell'Europa, Caucaso e Asia Minore.
I fiori dell'elleboro sono formati da 5 sepali che sono diversamente colorati ed assumono spesso un aspetto petaloide. Questi sepali circondano e proteggono dei nettari che derivano dalla trasformazione dei veri petali. I sepali rimangono persistenti dopo l'impollinazione e studi condotti in Spagna suggeriscono che il calice persistente possa contribuire allo sviluppo dei semi .
Helleborus niger L. noto anche con il nome di Rosa di Natale, Elleboro nero e Erba rocca, pianta erbacea perenne alta 8-35 cm, velenosa, emana un odore acre, ha un rizoma corto e ingrossato di colore nerastro, ricco di radici, le foglie sono basali, lungamente picciolate, di grandi dimensioni, da oblungo-cuneate a lanceolate, coriacee a margine seghettato, di colore verde scuro, scapi florali di colore rossiccio, con brattee ovali, sessili, i fiori sono singoli o a coppie, grandi apicali a forma di coppa, di colore bianco, rosa o rosso-porpora, con piccoli petali, tubulosi, e numerosi stami, con fioritura da gennaio ad aprile, i frutti sono follicoli rigonfi, muniti di rostri, e contenengono numerosi semi oblunghi; vive nei luoghi erbosi e boscosi delle Alpi e dell'Appennino

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Taken on: February 24, 2010

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