Leaves are slender and stinky when crushed or bruised. Stinking hellebore can be grown in Zones 6-9 and self-sows freely where adapted. These hybrids are usually the result of multiple crosses.

One of my favorite hellebore species is the 'stinking hellebore', Helleborus foetidus, so named for an unpleasant odor emitted when the foliage is crushed. This species has striking yellow-green ...