Dark scarlet hellebore

Description:

Helleborus atrorubens seems the easiest to identify. This is the only Slovenian hellebore with dark flowers. However, the color of its flowers varies greatly, both between localities and between individual plants. It is customary to call the greener plants intermediates or hybrids with the green flowered Helleborus odorus. At the same time, they could also represent variation within populations. Some of the darkest flowering H. atrorubens can be found in the most exposed locations, where they receive most direct sunlight.

Habitat:

Edge of mixed beech - oak forest. Sunny and wet habitat.