Scientific Name:	Helleborus orientalis ssp. orientalis
Pronunciation:	hell-EBB-ur-us or-ee-un-TAY-liss subspecies or-ee-un-TAY-liss
Common Name:	lenten rose
Family Name:	Ranunculaceae
Plant Type:	Herbaceous perennial
Key ID Features:	Leaves basal, palmately compound with 7-9 leaflets that are serrated, leathery, and glossy; flowers large, cup-shaped, rose-like, usually nodding 7 to 10 cm wide, usually in clusters of 1-4 on thick peduncles rising above the foliage.
Course(s):	not used (off campus)

Habit: Arching, Pendulous Form: Mounded, Weeping Texture: Coarse Mature Size: Height: 0.4 - 0.7m Spread: 0.3 - 0.6m Origin: Europe Hardiness Rating: Zone 4: (-34 to -29 C) Exposure: Filtered shade, Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Landscape Uses: Attract beneficial insects, Perennial border, Spring interest (Caution: poisonous parts) Additional Info: Google. Also on campus: H. 'Blue Lady', H. 'White Spotted Lady'

Leaf Morphology: Form: Compound Arrangement: Basal Texture/ Venation: Leathery Surfaces: Glabrous Colour in Fall: Green Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Elliptic, Oblanceolate Apices: Acute Bases: Attenuate Margins: Serrate

Inflorescence Type: Cyme Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 5 Corolla Shape: Rotate/stellate Colour (petals): Showy, Pink, Purple, White Flower Time at Peak: Mar, Apr

Fruit Type: Follicle Fruit Colour: Brown Fruiting Time: Jun, Jul

Bark or Stem Colour: n/a

Pest Susceptibility:	Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Deer resistant, Rabbit resistant, Fungal leaf spot, Crown rot
Specific Pests:	Coniothyrium hellebore

Location(s): (NCA) Not Currently Available : not used Location Map

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