Christmas Rose
कटुकीഹെല്ലെബോറസ് നൈഗർ
Helleborus niger L.
- light
- Part–shade
- water
- —
- tall
- 27 cm
- wide
- 38 cm
Ranunculaceae
Also called Christmas-rose, Black hellebore, Black Hellebore
When it flowers
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Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNC State Extension lists it as toxic to dogs, cats and horses (25 Oct 2026)
PeopleNC State Extension lists it as poisonous (all parts) (25 Oct 2026)
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Alps, AppenniniKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade to shade (under 6 h)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 23 cm to 30 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 30 cm to 46 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, pinkRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -40 °C (USDA zone 3a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: water, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- German
- Christrose, Schwarze Nieswurz
- Chinese
- 聖誕玫瑰, 嚏根草, 暗叶铁筷子
- Japanese
- クリスマスローズ
- Swedish
- Julros
- Arabic
- خربق أسود
- Asturian
- Pitallón negru
- Azerbaijani
- Qara şaxtagülü
- Bulgarian
- Черен кукуряк
- Catalan
- Hel·lèbor negre
- Czech
- čemeřice černá
- Welsh
- Pelydr Du
- Danish
- Almindelig Julerose
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, 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 4.0
- 3D model: Helleborus niger (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.