Daphne mezereum L.

English: February daphne

German: Echter Seidelbast

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Myrtales (80)

        Family: Thymelaeaceae (2)(family description)

          Genus: Daphne (2)

            Epithet: mezereum L. (1)

mezereum => romanized, from Arabic mazaryun for D. mezereum, original meaning unknown

Climate: temperate

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: violet

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