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Describe the plant here... {{Inc| Helleborus niger, Linn. Christmas Rose. Fig. 1805. Stemless: rootstock short, black: only 1 lf. somewhat irregularly divided into lobes, toothed on the outer half; petiole 5-7 in. long: fl-st. simple or once branched; fls. very large; sepals white, or flushed with purple: caps. 6-8. Rocky places, Eu. B.M. 8. Gn. 55, p. 13. J.H. III. 51:591; 61:583. G.W. 10. p. 245. Gn.M. 8:279. G. 27:534. C.L.A. 9:288. Var. angustifolius, Hort. (var. minor, Hort.). Plant and lf. similar, but fls. small. Very pretty. G.C. II. 21:85, and III. 21:19. G.M. 50:933. G.W. 2, p. 230. Gn.W. 23:45. Var. altifolius, Hayne (var. major, Hort. Var. maximus, Hort.). Petiole reaching 1 ft. long: fls. the largest in the genus, 3-5 in. across, and often several on same st. Gn. 14:178; 48:6. G.C. II. 20:693. A.G. 11:63; 21:41. G. 1:657; 8:537; 11:395; 6:367; Var. praecox, Hort. Fls. smaller than in type, from Sept. to Feb. }} ==Cultivation==  ===Propagation===  ===Pests and diseases===  ==Species==  ==Gallery== {{photo-sources}} <gallery> Image:Upload.png| photo 1 Image:Upload.png| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963    ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__

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