The foliage persists into the early summer, and then disappears until next year. One of our finest native goundcovers. An evergreen vine native to the southeastern United States, this vine twines around small diameter objects for support. A member of the aster family, this plant also flowers in late summer into the fall. The erect stems sport great numbers of multicolored flowers.
Individual flowers blend yellow, orange, bronze and mahogany into a rich autumnal display.
Breeders have ceased on the mahogany and successfully cleaned it up to yield orange red flowers for this cultivar. This cultivar offers the purest of the colors. All that remains is a clear yellow in the flowers. This species is evergreen but distinct in that the foliage is dissected making this the finest textured hellebore. Bearsfoot hellebore is also distinct in that the flowers are greenish but have a red rim around the flower.