Dungwort
Helleborus foetidus L.
- light
- Part–shade
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 46 cm
- wide
- 38 cm
Ranunculaceae
Also called Stinking Hellebore
Formerly Helleboraster foetidus, Helleborus beugesiacus, Helleborus deflexifolius, Helleborus jourdanii, and 2 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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- Grows as
- Biennial or subshrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- W. Europe to C. Germany and S. Italy, N. MoroccoKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade to shade (under 6 h)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 30 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 30 cm to 46 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, yellow, purple, greenRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -28.9 °C (USDA zone 5a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Aragonese
- Ixarruego
- Arabic
- خربق كريه الرائحة
- Asturian
- pitallón
- Catalan
- Marxívol
- Czech
- čemeřice smrdutá
- Welsh
- Crafanc-yr-arth Ddrewllyd
- Danish
- Stinkende nyserod
- German
- Stinkende Nieswurz
- Lower Sorbian
- Smjerźecy kichac
- American English
- setterwort
- Spanish
- Eléboro fétido
- Persian
- کنگرگون
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Helleborus foetidus (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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