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Ruscus hypoglossum
Also called Horse Tongue Lily, Mouse Thorn
Ruscus hypoglossum is a small evergreen shrub with a native range from Italy north to Austria and Slovakia and east to Turkey and Crimea. Common names include spineless butcher's-broom, mouse thorn and horse tongue lily. The species name comes from two Greek words ὑπό (hypo) and γλῶσσα (glōssa) meaning under and tongue.
Butcher's Broom · Ruscus colchicus · Ruscus hypophyllum · Ruscus hyrcanus · Butcher's-broom
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ruscus hypoglossum 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.
