Talk:Helleborus orientalis

A fact from Helleborus orientalis appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 February 2018 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Lenten rose (pictured) is named after its flowering period being in Lent?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2018/February. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Helleborus orientalis.

Wikipedia

Plants Mid‑importance

	Plants portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Plants, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of plants and botany on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.PlantsWikipedia:WikiProject PlantsTemplate:WikiProject Plantsplant articles
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.

Horticulture and Gardening Low‑importance

	Gardening portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Horticulture and Gardening, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of articles related to Horticulture and Gardening on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Horticulture and GardeningWikipedia:WikiProject Horticulture and GardeningTemplate:WikiProject Horticulture and GardeningHorticulture and gardening articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

"Herb"[edit]

So "All parts of the lenten rose are poisonous.[9]" followed by "Helleborus orientalis subsp. orientalis (syn. H. caucasicus) is used as a herb for weight loss in Russian medicine.[13]", is this as part of a vomiting routine? The Rambling Man (talk) 21:52, 10 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

That's a good question. Short answer, I don't know, but many useful substances (e.g. atropine) come from poisonous plants....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 22:30, 10 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sure I get that many poisonous plants derive other substances which aren't immediately deadly, but it's the "used as a herb" thing which bothers me here, because if you're using it as a "herb" the chances are you're not chemically processing it, just grinding it down or boiling it in water or something. This needs clarification. The Rambling Man (talk) 22:34, 10 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

One could argue that as we're taking about a quasimedical if not medical use, that it should only be supported by a Review Article of appropriate secondary source....and hence remove otherwise....I have not looked for sources as yet. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 03:02, 11 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Found one paper that reviews traditional use of various hellebore species in tradtional medicine across Eurasia..and doesn't mention it at all...here is a paper on its use in turkish folk medicine...am leaning to removing Russian sentence....Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:36, 11 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds reasonable. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:33, 11 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

File:Helleborus orientalis. Lenteroos 04.JPG scheduled for POTD[edit]

Hello! This is to let editors know that the featured picture File:Helleborus orientalis. Lenteroos 04.JPG, which is used in this article, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for February 17, 2021. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2021-02-17. For the greater benefit of readers, any potential improvements or maintenance that could benefit the quality of this article should be done before its scheduled appearance on the Main Page. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:44, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Helleborus orientalis, the Lenten rose, is a species of hellebore in the buttercup family, native to Greece and Turkey. German planters began breeding the species in the mid-19th century, but it fell out of favour as a garden plant in the 1920s. Interest was revived in the 1960s by Helen Ballard, who bred many new varieties. Cultivars have plain or spotted flowers, which can be white, green, pink, maroon or purple.

Photograph credit: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma

Recently featured: