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Ruscus aculeatus var. aculeatus

Synonyms

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Botanical details
Family
Asparagaceae
Native to the UK
No
Potentially harmful
Genus

Ruscus

Genus description

Ruscus are rhizomatous evergreen subshrubs with flattened, leaf-like cladophylls bearing small pale green flowers, followed on female or hermaphrodite plants by glossy red berries

Name status

Unresolved

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