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Helleborus dumetorum
Green, five-leaved flower (6-11" in flower) with multiple (9-12 segments) basal, serrate, pedate leaves and tall stem. Flower has very interestingly shaped petal.
Woodland. Well-drained and nutritious soil, but almost any position seems to suit it. Eastern Slovenia, western Hungary, southwest Austria, northern Croatia, and probably parts of Romania.
Be careful not to mix it with h. odorus, which is poisonous!!! How you seperate it from Helleborus odorus: 1. Petals are narrow and do not overlap, where H. odorus's petals are much broader and highly obscured. 2. H. odorus leaf segments are wider (up to 4 cm), when h. dumetrum's are more narrow and lance-shaped (up to 2 cm).
Spotted on Apr 20, 2013
Submitted on Apr 20, 2013
2 Comments
thx craig! so far i only thought there are like 2 species of hellebore here, but just found this 3rd one. hope i will find something. thx also for the suggestion, will look it up! ;)
Yes it's a Hellebore. Always nice to see these in the wild :) Maybe Helleborus foetidus but worth checking against the other Hellebores native to that area Ursula.