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Ruscus hypoglossum L.
- Common Name:
- Family: Ruscaceae Hutch
- Country of Origin: W. Europe to Iran
- Habitat:
- Description: Compact, evergreen sub-shrub with creeping rootstock to 18 inches high, more or less arching scarcely woody. cladodes 3-4.5 inches long, 1 to 1.5 inches wide, tapering at both ends, lower narrow-oval, upper oblanceolate. Flowers 3-5, small, yellow in axil of a leaf-like bract 1 to 1.5 inches long on upper side of cladode. Berry (rarely produced) red, globose, 0.25 to 0.5 inches wide.
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   Accession Data:- Accession # 198500092
- Source: Unknown
- Accession Date: 12-31-1985
- Bench: 1111 - AFR:Guinean Forest A
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 02-01-2012
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: monocots
- Order: Asparagales
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- Family: Ruscaceae
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References:RHS Dictionary of Gardening, Vol IV, edited by F.J. Chittendon, 1984
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