Ranunculaceae
Lenten-rose
Helleborus orientalis
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Helleborus
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Common names
By language (20)
- Arabic
- خربق مشرقي
- arz
- خربق مشرقى
- Asturian
- Pitallón de la cuaresma
- Azerbaijani
- Şərq şaxtagülü, Abxaziya şaxtagülü
- Belarusian
- Чэмер усходні
- Bulgarian
- Розов кукуряк
- Chinese
- 东方铁筷子, 近東鐵筷子, 四旬期玫瑰, 大斋期玫瑰
- Danish
- Påskeklokke, Rød Påskeklokke
- Dutch
- Lenteroos
- English
- Lenten-rose
- Esperanto
- Orienta heleboro
- Estonian
- Kaukaasia lumeroos
- French
- Rose de carême
- Georgian
- Კავკასიური ხარისძირა
- German
- Orientalische Nieswurz
- Japanese
- ハルザキクリスマスローズ, ヒメフユボタン, レンテンローズ
- Malayalam
- ഹെല്ലെബോറസ് ഓറിയൻറാലിസ്
- Russian
- Морозник восточный, Зимовник восточный
- Swedish
- Orientalisk julros
- Welsh
- Crafanc-yr-arth y grawys
Synonyms
- Helleborus abchasicus A.Braun
- Helleborus antiquorum A.Braun
- Helleborus caucasicus A.Braun
- Helleborus guttatus A.Braun & F.W.H.Sauer
- Helleborus heyderi hort. ex Schiffn.
- Helleborus kochii Schiffn.
- Helleborus officinalis Salisb.
- Helleborus olympicus Lindl.
- Helleborus orientalis subsp. abchasicus (A.Braun) B.Mathew
- Helleborus orientalis subsp. guttatus (A.Braun & F.W.H.Sauer) B.Mathew
- Helleborus orientalis var. abchasicus (A.Braun) Demoly
- Helleborus ponticus A.Braun
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marco Schmidt [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Simon Barnes, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kor!An, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: CatalpaSpirit, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Roland.aprent, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.