Helleborus cyclophyllus (A.Braun) Boiss.
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Helleborus cyclophyllus is a flowering perennial plant in the family Ranunculaceae. It is native to Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, and Yugoslavia. It is similar in appearance to other hellebores found in the Balkan region. It is acaulescent, meaning it lacks a stem with leaves, instead sending up a leafless flower stalk. More on Wikipedia ›
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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.
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Cultivation
Grouped as a temperate garden plant, listed under the genus Helleborus in the archetype table, and Kew describes it as “perennial”, “temperate”.
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
Natural habitat
Photographs
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Photographs: KENPEI, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (2).
Related
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 Corsican Hellebore Photo: CC BY, R Mitchell
Helleborus atrorubens Ranunculaceae Photo: CC BY, sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Helleborus dumetorum Green-flowered hellebore Photo: CC BY, Dávid Horváth
Helleborus foetidus Stinking hellebore Photo: CC0, author not stated
Helleborus lividus Majorcan Hellebore Photo: CC BY-SA, Colin Meurk
Helleborus multifidus Ranunculaceae Photo: CC0, Mirko Ubović
Helleborus niger Christmas-rose Photo: CC BY, Riccardo Riva
Helleborus odorus Sweet-scented Hellebore Photo: CC BY, Dávid Horváth
Helleborus orientalis Lenten-rose Photo: CC BY, Анна Митрошенкова
Helleborus purpurascens Purple-flowered Christmas Rose Photo: CC BY, Oleksandr Shynder
Helleborus thibetanus Ranunculaceae Photo: CC BY, zhangshen
Helleborus torquatus Ranunculaceae Photo: CC BY, Manfred Kolbacher all 15 ›Names & registers
Also known as Helleborus viridis var. cyclophyllus; Helleborus odorus subsp. cyclophyllus. (WCVP, RBG Kew)
The record
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Where this page came from built 2026-10-22
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