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Helleborus atrorubens; photograph sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons CC BYsunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Helleborus atrorubens Waldst. & Kit.

Ranunculaceae · Yugoslavia · listed by its genus as a temperate garden plant

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Helleborus atrorubens, photograph sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsHelleborus atrorubens, photograph sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsHelleborus atrorubens, photograph sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsHelleborus atrorubens, photograph sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsHelleborus atrorubens, photograph sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsHelleborus atrorubens, photograph sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons 9 photographs ›

Summary

Helleborus atrorubens is a species of hellebore in the family Ranunculaceae described in 1812. According to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility website, H. atrorubens is a subspecies of Helleborus dumetorum.

Quoted from Wikipedia, "Helleborus atrorubens", CC BY-SA 4.0.

About the genus · Helleborus

Commonly known as hellebores, the Eurasian genus Helleborus consists of approximately 20 species of herbaceous or evergreen perennial flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae, within which it gave its name to the tribe of Helleboreae. Many hellebore species are poisonous.

Quoted from Wikipedia, "Hellebore", CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cultivation

Grouped as a temperate garden plant, listed under the genus Helleborus in the archetype table, and Kew describes it as “perennial”, “temperate”.

Not checked: GBIF's records were not asked (why, under the name), and the habitat climate is read only from them, so no sheet is derived.
How this section is made

Each card states this species' habitat figures with their sources, and what two fixed rules read from them; nothing here says what the plant does, wants or tolerates. The rules · the terms.

Group. Listed under the genus Helleborus in the archetype table, and Kew describes it as “perennial”, “temperate”. A group is taken only where Kew's description of the species agrees with the table's listing. The table gives no figure and no prose; the cold floor is the habitat's alone.

Climate across the habitat

Not checked. GBIF's records were not asked (why, under the name), and the habitat climate is read only from them, so none is derived here. This is not a statement that no climate exists.

Natural habitat

Native range as published by WCVP.
Records not checked: GBIF's records were not asked, as said under the name.
NativeYugoslavia · regions are the level-3 units of the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, as Kew's World Checklist records ranges, some under historical names such as Yugoslavia or Czechoslovakia (how).
Kew's description“perennial” · “temperate” · quoted from WCVP, RBG Kew (CC BY 4.0); not derived here
Evidence usedGBIF's records not checked, as said under the name: so there are no points on the map, no map marker and no climate across the range; the range is Kew's. Not a statement that no record exists.

Photographs

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Photographs: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (6).

Similar habitat climate Not checked: GBIF's records were not asked (why, under the name), and the nearest habitat climates are read from the climate they give.

Other Helleborus 14 in the reference

Helleborus argutifolius Helleborus argutifolius Corsican Hellebore Photo: CC BY, R MitchellHelleborus cyclophyllus Helleborus cyclophyllus Ranunculaceae Photo: CC BY-SA, Peter BillinghurstHelleborus dumetorum Helleborus dumetorum Green-flowered hellebore Photo: CC BY, Dávid HorváthHelleborus foetidus Helleborus foetidus Stinking hellebore Photo: CC0, author not statedHelleborus lividus Helleborus lividus Majorcan Hellebore Photo: CC BY-SA, Colin MeurkHelleborus multifidus Helleborus multifidus Ranunculaceae Photo: CC0, Mirko UbovićHelleborus niger Helleborus niger Christmas-rose Photo: CC BY, Riccardo RivaHelleborus odorus Helleborus odorus Sweet-scented Hellebore Photo: CC BY, Dávid HorváthHelleborus orientalis Helleborus orientalis Lenten-rose Photo: CC BY, Анна МитрошенковаHelleborus purpurascens Helleborus purpurascens Purple-flowered Christmas Rose Photo: CC BY, Oleksandr ShynderHelleborus thibetanus Helleborus thibetanus Ranunculaceae Photo: CC BY, zhangshenHelleborus torquatus Helleborus torquatus Ranunculaceae Photo: CC BY, Manfred Kolbacher all 15 ›

Names & registers

Also known as Helleborus odorus var. atrorubens; Helleborus dumetorum subsp. atrorubens; Helleborus officinalis var. atrorubens; Helleborus cupreus; Helleborus viridis var. cupreus and 7 more. (WCVP, RBG Kew)

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The record

Family
Ranunculaceae
Described by
Waldst. & Kit.
Native to
Yugoslavia
Records
not checked · GBIF's records were not asked: the page has no GBIF key

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Where this page came from built 2026-10-22
Kew's names (WCVP) kew.names answeredas of 2026-06-04Kew's entry Helleborus atrorubens Waldst. & Kit. (plant_name_id 2844710), read from Kew's names file
GBIF species record gbif.species not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF synonyms gbif.synonyms not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF common names gbif.vernacular not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF occurrence records gbif.occurrences not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
WCVP native range wcvp.distribution answeredas of 2026-06-04
Habitat climate climate not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked, and the habitat climate is read only from them
Wikidata wikidata answeredasked 2026-10-22found by Kew's IPNI identifier 711297-1, POWO 711297-1
Wikipedia wikipedia answeredasked 2026-10-22
iNaturalist taxon inat.taxon not asked
iNaturalist photographs, wild inat.photos.wild not asked
iNaturalist photographs, cultivated inat.photos.cultivated not asked
GBIF media gbif.media not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
Wikimedia Commons commons answeredasked 2026-10-22
OpenAlex papers openalex not askednot yet asked for this reference; a later fill takes the papers from OpenAlex's snapshot

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