Nederlands: Winterakoniet
Español:
Français: Hellébore d'hiver
Deutsch: Winterling
Family: Ranunculaceae - Buttercup family
Flowering time: January-March
Height: 5-15cm
Altitude: to 1500m
Colour: yellow
Leaves: collar of three leaf-like bracts
Habitat: deciduous woodland, scrub
Distribution: native to southern France, Italy, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Hungary, Serbia
Synonym: Eranthis hiemalis
Notes: Winter Aconite plants frequently come up through the snow, don’t mind a small amount of frost and will open their buttercup-like blooms when the sun is out. The flowers close at night and will not open when the weather is bad. Winter Aconite aren’t bulbs, but tubers. These fleshy roots store moisture and food for the plant’s growth and hibernation over the winter just like a bulb does. Eranthis hyemalis is widely cultivated in gardens in a number of European countries. It has become naturalized or semi-naturalized in Great Britain, the Netherlands, France and Germany. In the Netherlands a variety of Winter Aconite called Eranthis cylicica can be found on estates and in gardens. Winter Aconite and Snowdrops are among the first plants to bloom and can form impressive carpets of yellow and white as early as February. In Belgium the Winter Aconite is on the Red List of vascular plants.
Related key words: Rotterdam, Botanische tuin Kralingen, Landgoed Elswout Overveen, Aytta State Swichum, Ayttablomke, stinzenplant, stinzenflora, Stinsenplanze, plantes castrales, Vlaamse Rode Lijst
