Eranthis hyemalis Salisb.

Winter-aconite (en), Eranthe dhiver (fr), Éranthe d'hiver (fr), Ellébore d'hiver (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Eranthis

Characteristics

Leaves basal, 3--10 cm. Leaf blade 3--5 cm diam.; lateral leaflets 2-parted, segments 2--3-cleft, terminal leaflet 3-cleft. Inflorescences: involucral bracts 2 cm. Flowers cup-shaped, 20--45 mm diam.; sepals 15--22 × 5--11mm; petals shorter than stamens, abaxial lip ca. 2--2.5 times length of adaxial lip. Follicles : body 8--14 mm; stipe ca. 3 mm. Seeds ca. 2 mm.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination
Spread epizoochory
Mature width (meter) - 0.1
Mature height (meter) 0.07 - 0.09
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 1-2
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Poison (unspecified)
Human toxicity strong toxic (root), strong toxic (whole)
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions, seedlings or tubers.
Mode divisions seedlings tubers
Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 20
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -29
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Eranthis hyemalis habit picture by Bořek Tuček (cc-by-sa)
Eranthis hyemalis habit picture by Christiane Mumme (cc-by-sa)
Eranthis hyemalis habit picture by Kampf Robert (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Eranthis hyemalis leaf picture by Erwin Petz (cc-by-sa)
Eranthis hyemalis leaf picture by Mauro Espinosa (cc-by-sa)
Eranthis hyemalis leaf picture by Mauro Espinosa (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Eranthis hyemalis flower picture by Rvt 063 (cc-by-sa)
Eranthis hyemalis flower picture by G Ri (cc-by-sa)
Eranthis hyemalis flower picture by Bořek Tuček (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Eranthis hyemalis fruit picture by Daniele Rebuttini (cc-by-sa)
Eranthis hyemalis fruit picture by Reinhard Bachmann (cc-by-sa)
Eranthis hyemalis fruit picture by Dr. Robert Fischer (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Eranthis hyemalis world distribution map, present in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Croatia, Hungary, Iraq, Italy, Netherlands, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:711189-1
WFO ID wfo-0000670674
COL ID 6GB7B
BDTFX ID 24720
INPN ID 96648
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Helleborus monanthos Cammarum hyemale Eranthis bulgarica Helleborus hyemalis Helleborus involucratus Cammarum hyemale Eranthis x tubergenii Koellea hyemalis Robertia hiemalis Eranthis hyemalis var. bulgarica Eranthis hyemalis