Lenten rose (English spelling)

Japanese: Lenten rose(英語表記)Lentenrose
Lenten rose (English spelling)

...It is named after the fact that it blooms in winter, from December to February. Although it is famous as a winter-flowering flower, it is not this species that is cultivated most often in Japan, but rather the spring-flowering Lenten rose H. orientalis Lam. (English name Lenten rose) (illustration) of the same genus, or a group of cultivars created by interspecific hybridization. All are evergreen perennial plants with a height of 20 to 40 cm, with short black rhizomes and palmate compound leaves that grow at the base, and the entire plant is glabrous. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Lenten rose" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…12~2月の冬季に開花をするのでこの名がある。冬咲きの草花として有名だが,日本で栽培の多いのは本種ではなく,同属で春咲きのレンテンローズH.orientalis Lam.(英名Lenten rose)(イラスト)や種間交配して作出された品種群であることが多い。いずれも草丈20~40cmの常緑多年草で,黒く短い根茎をもち,葉は根生する掌状複葉をつけ,全株無毛である。…

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