Taxon	Illustrator ⠉
	Thymelaea passerina Daphne mezereum Edgeworthia gardneri	Linny Heagy Linny Heagy Linny Heagy

Shrubs, deciduous or evergreen, to 1.5 m. Stems erect, procumbent, or prostrate, branched, not jointed, thick, glabrous or glabrescent. Leaves clustered distally, sessile or subsessile; blade obovate or oblong to lanceolate, surfaces glabrous or hairy. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, capitate, fasciculate, or racemose, flowers sessile [petiolate]; bracts 0. Flowers: hypanthium tubular to narrowly funnelform; calyx 4-lobed, lobes spreading or slightly reflexed; petals absent; stamens 8, usually included, in distal 1/2 of tube; style included, short or absent; stigma capitate. Fruits drupaceous, yellow, red, or black, fleshy, hypanthium not persistent.

Distribution

Introduced; s, c Europe, n Africa, Asia, temperate and subtropical, widely cultivated in temperate areas

Discussion

Species 70 (2 in the flora).

Selected References

Brickell C. D. and B. Mathew. 1976. Daphne: The Genus in the Wild and in Cultivation. Woking. Halda, J. J. 2001. The Genus Daphne. Dobré.

Lower Taxa

Daphne laureola, Daphne mezereum

Key

1	Leaves deciduous; branches glabrescent; leaf blades membranous, adaxial surface matte; hypanthia pink, red, or white; drupes red or yellow.	Daphne mezereum
1	Leaves persistent; branches glabrous; leaf blades coriaceous, adaxial surface shiny; hypanthia yellow-green or yellow; drupes black.	Daphne laureola