Mercurialis perennis
Mercurialis perennis
Köpekmarulu
Evenly to sparingly pubescent or subglabrous rhizomatous perennial, usually blackening when dried. Stems 15-40 cm, simple. Leaves ovate-elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, 2-8 x 0.5-4 cm, usually scale-like in lower part of stem, crenate-serrate, ciliate; petioles 0.5-2 cm. Stipules deltoid-lanceolate, 2 mm. Male inflorescences 3-10 cm. Male calyx lobes pale green. Female inflorescences 1-5 cm, few-flowered. Ovary and fruit evenly pubescent. Fruit 5-7 mm wide. Seeds globose, brownish, shiny, finely reticulate-rugulose, 3 mm. Fl. 3. Forests, 850-900 m.
Europe, N. Africa, Caucasia, N. Iran. Euro-Sib, element.
