Daphne mezereum

Daphne mezereum
Foliage and fruit
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Thymelaeaceae
Genus: Daphne
Species:
D. mezereum
Binomial name
Daphne mezereum
Flowers

Daphne mezereum, commonly known as mezereum, mezereon,[2] February daphne, spurge laurel or spurge olive,[3] is a species of Daphne in the flowering plant family Thymelaeaceae, native to most of Europe and Western Asia,[4] north to northern Scandinavia and Russia. In southern Europe it is confined to medium to higher elevations and in the subalpine vegetation zone, but descends to near sea level in northern Europe. It is generally confined to soils derived from limestone.

  1. ^ "Daphne mezereum". The Plant List. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
  2. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  3. ^ Nelson, Lewis S.; Weil, Andrew; Goldfrank, L.R.; Shih, Richard D.; Balick, Michael J. (18 December 2007). Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants. New York: Springer. p. 144. ISBN 978-0-387-31268-2. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Oxford University Plants 400: Daphne mezereum". The Brahms Project. University of Oxford, Department of Plant Sciences. Retrieved 20 May 2023.