Helleborus viridis
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Helleborus viridis, Linn. St. scapose: rootstock creeping: 1 basal lf. 8-12 in. broad, on petiole 6-10 in. long; segms. 7-11, oblong, acute, sharply serrate: fl.-st. hardly exceeding the basal lf., bearing 3-6 fls. and large, lf.- like bracts: fls. large, yellowish green; sepals broadly oblong, obtuse, spreading: caps, about 4, as long as the sepals, transversely ribbed; style erect. Eu. Naturalized in eastern states. G.C. II. 25:553.—Not so much used as the other species here given. Var. purpurascens, Waldst. & Kit. Differs chiefly in the central lf .-segms. being deeply palmately cleft, and the fls. much tinged with purple, especially on the outside. Hungary. B.M. 3170.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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