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Helleborus orientalis Double Ellen Red in garden

Helleborus orientalis growing and blooming in Rosetta McClain Graden in early spring.

Spring flowers in Victoria, British Columbia.

White Christmas rose blooming in the spring garden

Helleborus orientalis none as Lenten rose or christmas rose.

Pink spring hellebore flowers in the garden

Close shot of the Anemonoides nemorosa, the wood anemone.

$Helleborus orientalis, the Lenten rose, is a perennial flowering plant and species of hellebore in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, native to Greece and Turkey.\nDescription:\nThis perennial reaches 28–45 cm tall, with glossy green palmate leaves composed of 7–9 leaflets with serrated leaf margins. Leathery in texture, the leaves are evergreen. The cup-shaped pendent flowers appear in late winter and spring, arising in groups of 1–4 on the ends of thick stems rising above the foliage. They have yellow stamens. All parts of the Lenten rose are poisonous[ Sap coming into contact with the skin may cause temporary irritation, while ingestion of large quantities can cause burning of mouth and throat, vomiting, abdominal cramping, and diarrhea. \nTaxonomy:\nJean-Baptiste Lamarck described the species in 1789, giving it its current name of Helleborus orientalis (\$