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Hellebore


Hellebore
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Copyright: Evgenia Slavova (evgenia) (6)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-03-03
Categories: Flowers
Exposure: f/3.5, 1/125 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-03-03 11:43
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Hellebore is a wild plant which can be found mainly in forrests. In Bulgarian folklore it is mainly considered as one of the heralds of spring. People usually wish themsleves to be as healthy as a hellebore, and there was also a belief that hellebore should not be brought inside the house because the hens would stop laying eggs. It is poisonous!


Helleborus is a genus of approximately 20 species (ongoing fieldwork may see this figure change) of herbaceous perennial flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae, within which it gave its name to the tribe of Helleboreae.

The genus is native to much of Europe, from western Britain, Spain and Portugal, eastward across the Mediterranean region and central Europe into Romania and Ukraine, and along the north coast of Turkey into the Caucasus. The greatest concentration of species occurs in the Balkans. One atypical species (H. thibetanus) comes from western China; another atypical species (H. vesicarius) inhabits a small area on the border between Turkey and Syria.

The flowers have five "petals" (actually sepals or tepals) surrounding a ring of small, cup-like nectaries (petals modified to hold nectar). The sepals do not fall as petals would, but remain on the plant, sometimes for many months. Recent research in Spain suggests that the persistent calyx contributes to the development of the seeds (Herrera 2005).

Although the flowers of some species may resemble wild roses (and despite some of their common names, such as "Christmas rose" and "Lenten rose"), hellebores do not belong to the rose family (Rosaceae).
/from Wikipedia/
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Una pena que la hoja tape el centro de la flor. La imagen tiene una nitidez acertada.
Una nota bastante completa.
Un cariņoso saludo Evgenia.
Juan Luis.

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