Ranunculaceae

Helleborus purpurascens Waldst. & Kit.

Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Helleborus

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Helleborus purpurascens (Helleborus purpurascens) — FlowerPhoto: xulescu_g, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (12)

Arabic: خربق أرجواني
Azerbaijani: Qırmızımtıl şaxtagülü
Belarusian: Чэмер чырванаваты, Чамярычнік
Bulgarian: Червеникав кукуряк
Chinese: 紫晕铁筷子, 紫花铁筷子
Czech: Čemeřice nachová
French: Hellébore pourpre
Hungarian: Pirosló hunyor
Polish: Ciemiernik czerwonawy, Ciemiernik purpurowy
Romanian: Spânz comun
Russian: Морозник красноватый
Ukrainian: Чемерник червонуватий

Synonyms

Helleborus baumgartenii Kov. ex Schur
Helleborus baumgartenii Kovats

Flowers

In flower: March to April (from 37 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: xulescu_g, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Luciana, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Maria G, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Юрий Щукин, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Conrad Altmann, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Zp at Czech Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Conrad Altmann, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Conrad Altmann, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Galyna Mykytynets, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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). About our plant data.