A mainly woodland orchid occurring chiefly in north temperate regions.See also false helleborine.
Two genera in the family Orchidaceae: Epipactis (with greenish or reddish flowers that are sometimes self-fertilized) and Cephalanthera (with larger white or pink flowers).
And at the weekend he and a group of seven volunteers carefully dug up 73 rare broad-leaved helleborines and took them by wheelbarrow to their new home where they were replanted....
The helleborines are growing in the sun and in the shade, under trees and out in the open.
The first two pictures are marsh helleborines and the last one is a green flowered helleborine which had been discovered the day before our visit.
Origin
Late 16th century: French or Latin, from Greek helleborinē, a plant like hellebore, from helleboros 'hellebore'.