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Toxicity

Toxicity due to tropane alkaloids.
Professor Anthony Dayan, 2021

Helleborus niger L. 'Christmas Carol'

Family: RANUNCULACEAE
Genus: Helleborus
Species: niger L.
Cultivar: 'Christmas Carol'
Pharmacopoeia Londinensis name: Elleborus Niger
Distribution summary: The Alps
Habit: Perennial
Hardiness: H4 - Hardy; average winter
Habitat: Woods, thickets, banks
Garden status: Currently grown
Garden location: Plants in pots (POT)
Flowering months: January, February, December
Reason for growing: Toxic


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