Ranunculaceae
Black hellebore
Helleborus niger
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Helleborus
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Common names
By language (45)
- ang
- Ceasterwyrt
- Arabic
- خربق أسود
- arz
- خربق اسود
- Asturian
- Pitallón negru
- azb
- قارا شاختاگۆلو
- Azerbaijani
- Qara şaxtagülü
- Bulgarian
- Черен кукуряк
- Cantonese
- 聖誕玫瑰
- Catalan
- Hel·lèbor negre
- Chinese
- 黑根鐵筷子, 嚏根草, 暗叶铁筷子, 聖誕玫瑰
- Croatian
- Velecvjetni kukurijek
- Czech
- Čemeřice černá
- Danish
- Almindelig julerose, Snerose
- dsb
- Carny kichac
- Dutch
- Kerstroos
- English
- Black hellebore, Christmas rose, Christmas-rose
- Esperanto
- Nigra heleboro
- Estonian
- Must lumeroos
- Finnish
- Vaaleajouluruusu
- French
- Hellébore noir, Rose de Noel, Rose de Noël, Roses de Noël
- German
- Schneerose, Christrose, Schwarze Nieswurz, Weihnachtsrose
- gv
- Blaa Nollick, Blaa ny Nollick
- Hindi
- कटुकी
- hsb
- Čorna čemjerca, Bože nócne zelo, Hodowne zelo, Hodownička, Patoržične zelo, Čorna porskawa, Čorny porskaty korjeń
- Hungarian
- Fekete hunyor
- Italian
- Elleboro nero
- Japanese
- クリスマスローズ, フユボタン
- kw
- Kraban an ors du
- Macedonian
- Црн кукурек
- Malayalam
- ഹെല്ലെബോറസ് നൈഗർ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Julerose, Hvit julerose, Kvit julerose
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Julerose, Nyserot
- Persian
- خربق سیاه
- Polish
- Ciemiernik biały, Róża Bożego Narodzenia
- Russian
- Морозник чёрный, Зимовник чёрный, Рождественская роза, Христова роза
- Serbian
- Crni kukurek, Црни кукурек, Кукурек божичњак, Кукурек црни
- Serbian (Latin)
- Velecvjetni kukurijek
- Sindhi
- ڪٽڪي
- Slovak
- Čemerica čierna
- Slovenian
- Črni teloh
- Spanish
- Eléboro negro, Rosa de Navidad
- Swedish
- Julros
- Turkish
- Noel gülü
- Ukrainian
- Чорний чемерник, Різдвяна троянда
- Welsh
- Pelydr Du, Hydyf du
Synonyms
- Helleborus altifolius Steud.
- Helleborus grandiflorus Salisb.
Flowers
- In flower
- January to April (from 780 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Riccardo Riva, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jacek Pietruszewski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tristan Haab, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Jacek Pietruszewski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wildfeuer, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wildfeuer, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Elia Lo Parrino, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wildfeuer, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: mariari_ari, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wildfeuer, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Helleborus
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- Helleborus lividusRanunculaceae
- Helleborus odorusRanunculaceae
- Helleborus purpurascensRanunculaceae
- Helleborus dumetorumRanunculaceae
- Helleborus cyclophyllusRanunculaceae
- Helleborus thibetanusRanunculaceae
- Helleborus vesicariusRanunculaceae
- Helleborus multifidusRanunculaceae
- Helleborus croaticusRanunculaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.