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Black Sea Holly

Ilex colchica

Black Sea Holly
Photo: Karduelis, Public domain
Family
Aquifoliaceae (Aquifoli family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
SE. Bulgaria to Caucasus
Climate
temperate

About

Ilex colchica, commonly known as Colchic- or Black Sea holly, is a species of holly native to Bulgaria, Turkey and the Caucasus.

The specific epithet colchica refers to Colchis.

Other Ilex plants

Ilex abscondita · Ilex acutidenticulata · Ilex affinis · Ilex altiplana · Carolina holly · Sarvis holly · Ilex amygdalina · Ilex andicola · Hawai'i holly · Ilex anonoides · English holly · Ilex aracamuniana

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ilex colchica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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