Accession Data:
Ruscus hypoglossum L.
- Common Name:
- Family: Asparagaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: W. Europe to Iran
- 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.1
- USDA Zone: 7b-11
Accession Data:
- Accession # 198500092
- Source: Unknown
- Provenance:
Old (pre-1985) collection accession. Bracts are shorter (1/4"-3/8") than description in RHS(1984) This accession could possibly be Ruscus x microglossus, a natural hybrid between Ruscus hypoglossum and Ruscus hypophyllum. Leaving as R. hypoglossum as of March 2017.
- Recorded Vouchers:
- Voucher 109982 at George Safford Torrey Herbarium (CONN). Specimen collected 3 February 1997. Herbarium Image
- Accession Date: 12-31-1985
- Bench: 1109 - AFR:Ground Bed 1 SW
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 3 confirmed on 02-26-2025
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: monocots
- Order: Asparagales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Asparagaceae
- SubFamily: Nolinoideae
- Tribe: Rusceae
- SubTribe:
Flowering Data:
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References (internal):
- Cladode (phylloclade)
- EEB 3203 - Developmental Plant Morphology
- Plants with Vouchers deposited in CONN
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Austria / Czechoslovakia / Hungary / Bulgaria / Greece / Italy / Romania / Turkey-in-Europe / Yugoslavia / Krym / Turkey
References (external):
- RHS Dictionary of Gardening, Vol IV, edited by F.J. Chittendon, 1984.
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, March 27, 2017.
- WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 17 February 2015.
- Angiosperm Phylogeny Website at MoBot. Last accessed on Tuesday, 03 December, 2019.
data regenerated on Thu, 24 Apr 2025 15:27:02 -0400 [bcm v4.0]
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