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Hellebore / Kukurek

Helleborus odorus

Description:

The flowers have five "petals" (actually sepals) surrounding a ring of small, cup-like nectaries (petals modified to hold nectar). The sepals do not fall as petals would, but remain on the plant, sometimes for many months. Recent research in Spain suggests that the persistence of the sepals contributes to the development of the seeds

Habitat:

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.

Notes:

Very toxic plant...and beautiful!

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GvozdenBuzdovan
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GvozdenBuzdovan

Централна Србија, Serbia

Spotted on May 6, 2013
Submitted on Oct 6, 2013

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