Ruscus colchicus is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae. It is a perennial with ovate leaves, distinct male and female flowers, and spherical berries. The species is native to the Caucasus and Turkey, and was described in 1966.
Taxonomy The species was described by Peter Frederick Yeo in 1966.
Distribution Ruscus colchicus is native to the temperate biome of the North Caucasus, South Caucasus, and Turkey.
Description Ruscus colchicus is a perennial. The stems are up to long. The plant has around twenty-eight cladodes, which are obovate to elliptical, long, and wide.
The leaves are long, wide, ovate, and cauline.
The flower stems are long. Each plant has either male or female flowers. The outer segments of the perianth are pale green, long, and wide. The inner segments of the perianth are sometimes tinged with purple, long, and wide. The fruit is a spherical berry, measuring in diameter.
Nomenclature In Russian, the species is known as ().
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