Mezereon
Daphne mezereum
Daphne mezereum, commonly known as mezereum, mezereon, February daphne, spurge laurel or spurge olive, is a species of Daphne in the flowering plant family Thymelaeaceae, native to most of Europe and Western Asia, north to northern Scandinavia and Russia. In southern Europe it is confined to medium to higher elevations and in the subalpine vegetation zone, but descends to near sea level in northern Europe. It is generally confined to soils derived from limestone.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Junghans, Philipp Caspar: Philippi Caspari Ivnghans, Medicinae Doctoris, Medicinae Et Botanices Professor. Pvblic. Ordinar., Horti Regii Botanici Directoris Et Societatis Halensis Nat. Cvrios. Membri, Icones Plantarvm Officinalivm Ad Vitam Impressae. Centvria I.
Junghans, Philipp Caspar · 1792 · p.7
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.141
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.122
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.1031
The Flowering Garden: Winter
Crispijn van de Passe · 1614 · p.9
The Dutch Herbarium or Herbal
Petrus Nylandt · 1670 · p.66
Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.175
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 133034.