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Helleborus orientalis Var. rubro-purpureus, Hort. (H. alropurpurea, Hort.). A seedling of var. atrorubens, with bold foliage and purple fl.-sts.: fls. spreading, deep purple. Characters well fixed and very handsome. Gn. 16:60, f. 1. R.H. 1884:564.
Purple-fld. hybrids of the varieties of H. orientalis are found in the trade under the following names: Var. elegans; var. iridescens; F. C. Heinemann, fls. very large, imbricated, deep purple and mottled; Frau Irene Heinemann, fls. rose-purple outside, greenish white, with dark lines and dots inside; Gretchen Heinemann, red-fld., strong grower; Hofgarten-Inspector Hartwig, fls. rose-purple without and greenish within; Apotheker Bogren, rose-purple, very large.
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==Cultivation==
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==Species==
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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