The plant in the roof tile vase is Ruscus aculeatus, or butcher's broom. From Wordnik.com. [façonner - French Word-A-Day] Reference
Butcher's broom Ruscus aculeatus has a long history of use for leg pains caused by swollen veins. From Wordnik.com. [THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE] Reference
Threatened, endemic and protected plants include Cardamine chelido, Cypripedium calceolus, Daphne blagayana, Lilium bulbiferum, L. carniolicum, Primula kitaibeliana, P. wulfeniana, Ruscus hypoglossum and Paeonia mascula. From Wordnik.com. [Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia] Reference
Euphorbia amygdaloides (wood spurge), box, Ruscus aculeatus. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Ruscus aculeatus. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Gardening (Second Edition)] Reference
Ruscus, 255. From Wordnik.com. [Prodromus stirpium in horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium] Reference
Ruscus, 328, 470 aculeatus, 60, 318, 348, 445. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
For instance, Quercus castaneifolia with Parrotia persica, Zelkova carpinifolia, Albizzia julibrissin, Diospiros lotus, etc. with shrubs/semi-shrubs Ilex hyrcana, Ruscus hyrcanus, Danaë racemosa, and lianas - Smilax excelsa, Hedera pastuchowii, etc. are found in the lower mountain zone. From Wordnik.com. [Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests] Reference
An interesting feature of this forest type is the evergreen but mesomorphic broadleaf understory, including species such as common holly (Illex aquifolium), Hedera helix, Rhododendron ponticum, R. ungernii, R. smirnowii, R. caucasicum, cherry laurel (Laurocerasus officinalis), Caucasus box (Buxus colchica), common box (B. sempervirens), and Ruscus colchicus. From Wordnik.com. [Euxine-Colchic deciduous forests] Reference
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