1A small white-flowered winter-blooming hellebore, grown as a houseplant.
圣诞蔷薇，嚏（鹿）根草
Helleborus niger, family Ranunculaceae
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Do plant out your Christmas roses and add Bergenias and chives.
The flowers of the Christmas rose are characterized by a showy, white or rose, perianth whose, usually five, elements are mostly classified as sepals.
Hellebore Known as Christmas rose, a poisonous plant used as a purgative, in the treatment of dropsy and as an abortifacient.
Despite its name, the Christmas rose, Helleborus niger, for example, generally flowers from January to March with white flowers often tinged with pink or green and dark green leathery leaves.
This problem is caused by a fungal disease called helleborus leaf spot, which often attacks Christmas roses.