Protected Hungarian flowers: lenten rose
Date of issue: 2 May 2011
The purple lenten rose (Helleborus purpuras-cens) is a dicotyledon and belongs to the buttercup (Ranunculaceae) family. Its stout rootstock has shoots of thin roots. The long stemmed leaves are palmate with lance-shaped leaflets with serrated edges. The floral axis develops in spring with flowers 6 to 8 cm in diameter. The flower has 5 sepals, which form a ring of nectaries. Its gy-noecium is comprised of 3 to 6 fused carpels. Its follicle has three longitudinal slits with several small round seeds. It is found in Hungary in hornbeam and oak forests in the Northern Mountain Range. The sepals do not fall as petals would, but remain on the plant for a long time. The lenten rose flowers in March and April.It is a medicinal plant but highly toxic and today is only used in veterinary science. As all hellebores, every part of the plant is poisonous. (Source: hu.wikipedia.org)The stamp shows the protected Hungarian flower, the purple lenten rose. Under UV light a yellow-green guilloche pattern becomes visible on the stamps.
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Order code: 2011101010031 (stamp) 2011101060032 (FDC)
Date of issue: 2 May 2011
Face value: DOMESTIC REGISTERED (HUF 315 at the time of release)
Number of copies issued: dependent on demand.
Perforation size of stamp: 26 x 33 mm
Printing method: offset and UV printing
Printed by Állami Nyomda
Designed by Péter Berky
