Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-		Plate No. 8

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-COMMON_NAMES-Black Hellebore,
Christmas Rose
-GENUS-Helleborus
-SPECIES-Helleborus niger
-CLASS-Polyandria
-ORDER-Polygynia
-AUTHORITY-Linnaeus
-MODERN_GENUS-Helleborus
-MODERN_SPECIES-Helleborus niger
-MODERN_FAMILY-Ranunculaceae
-PLANT_TYPE-perennial
-COLOR- "Generally milk-white on their first appearance, yet have frequently a
         tint of red in them, which increases with age of the blossom and finally
		 changes to green."
-SEASON- Will flower "as early as December and January" if the winter is mild.
-NATIVE_REGION- "Grows wild on the Appenine and other mountains."
-ZONE-3
-SOURCE-The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME-1
-PUB_DATE-1787
-REISSUED-1793
-EDITOR-William Curtis
-ARTIST-S. Edwards
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