Helleborus niger

The birth flowers for December 26th

Location: Copilot
Location: Tokyo
Location: Tokyo
Location: Illust:Yuki @Kagiken (Science&Technology Inst.co.,Tokyo )

Flower name
Helleborus niger
Scientific name
Helleborus niger
Aliasクリスマスローズ, Helleborus niger, ヘレボラス, black hellebore, 黑嚏根草
Place of originEuropean
Place of floweringPark, Potted flower
Flowering seasonJanuary, February, December
Language of flowers「relieve my anxiety」

What is Helleborus niger

Birth flowers for Nov 16, Dec 26

The birth flowers for December 26th are the Christmas rose (Helleborus niger) and the winter begonia (Begonia × cheimantha).

“The Sound of Knocking on Winter’s Door”

❄️ December 26 – “Christmas Rose”
Story & Illustration by Copilot

Christmas Rose, Illustration by Copilot

In the winter forest, a single white flower bloomed.
It was the Christmas rose.
“Why did you bloom on such a cold day?” the snow asked.
The flower smiled softly.
“Precisely because it’s cold… I wanted to bring a touch of spring to someone’s heart.”
Hearing this, the snow gently drifted down
and melted quietly upon the petals.
It sounded like a tender knock on winter’s door.

Hellebore Niguel (Helleborus niger) is Evergreen perennial of the Buttercup, Department of Helleborus. Says Christmas rose which blooms only at Christmas time. What looks like a flower's calyx, has a white or pink blooms to down. Similar to known as the Lenten rose Hellebore orientalis.

Leak to the example of the Ranunculaceae, is a poisonous plant.

H. orientalis＝Lenten ros（Left）、H. niger＝ Christmas ros（Right）

Common name: Hellebore Niguel (Helleborus niger),
scientific name:Helleborus niger L.(Hellebore Niguel),
aka: Hellebore (Christmas rose and Xmas rose), black hellebore, black staff rooted grass (Chinese), Heleborasl (Helleborus), winter Peony,
category name: Plantae Angiosperm true dicots Buttercup eyes Buttercup of Helleborus,
origin: Europe, life type: Evergreen perennial,
height: 20-30 cm, flower diameter: 6 ~ 9 cm, flower (actually the calyx color): white, peach, purple, Flowering period: 12 months-next year February,
note: poisonous plants

Relared pages
the Christmas rose (Helleborus niger)
the winter begonia (Begonia × cheimantha)