Native to Greece, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe; introduced into Austria, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Sweden (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Helleborus orientalis
subsp. orientalis
Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO
Identified as
Helleborus orientalis subsp. orientalis
Location
Georgia, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Borjomi (Bakuriani, Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden)
41.760833, 43.521389
Location Remarks
Town of Bakuriani.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
United States, California, Alameda County (Berkeley, UC Berkeley Botanical Garden)
37.87544, -122.238724
Location Remarks
Strawberry Canyon, University of California campus, city of Berkeley
Collectors
No collectors specified
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.4
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#184,780 of 335,497
Top 56%
Extinction probability
9%