User:DavidAnstiss/Astrantia helleborifolia

Astrantia helleborifolia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae. It has long reddish (or white) flowers.

Description
Trautv. Trautvetter, Ernst Rudolf von Ernst Rudolf von Trautvetter

Taxonomy
The specific epithet helleborifolia, referring to Colchis, an ancient kingdom and region on the coast of the Black Sea centered in present-day western Georgia.

A. helleborifolia was originally described and published by

Distribution and habitat
It is native to the south-eastern Alps in Europe.

Other sources

 * Walter Erhardt, Erich Götz, Nils Bödeker, Siegmund Seybold: Der große Zander. Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-8001-5406-7. (Ger.)
 * Christoper Brickell (Editor-in-chief): RHS A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. Third edition. Dorling Kindersley, London 2003, ISBN 0-7513-3738-2.
 * Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
 * Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
 * Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
 * Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea