| Family | THYMELAEACEAE |
| Genus species | Daphne mezereum L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 356 (1753) |
| Native Range | Europe to sw. Siberia and n. Iran |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Description | branchlets glabrous, leaves alternate, crowded at apex of branchlets, 3-8cm, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, sparsely ciliate, adaxially green, flowers fragrant, 3-5, axillary |
| Size | 50-150cm |
| Color | pink, white |
| Bloom | early spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer; layering in spring |
| Synonyms | Daphne albiflora J.P.Wolff Daphne florida Salisb. Daphne lateriflora St.Lag. Daphne liottardi Vill. Daphne mezereum f. alba (Weston) Rehder Daphne mezereum var. alba Weston Daphne mezereum var. alba-plena Rehder Daphne mezereum var. albida Meisn. Daphne mezereum var. grandiflora Jacques Daphne mezereum f. grandiflora (Jacques ) Schelle Daphne mezereum f. plena C.K.Schneid. Daphne mezereum var. rubra Aiton Daphne mezereum f. variegata (E.J.Lowe & W.Howard) Rehder Daphne mezereum var. variegata E.J.Lowe & W.Howard Daphne rubrum (Aiton) P.B.Mead Daphne variegata J.Dix Laureola foemina Garsault Mezereum officinarum C.A.Mey. Thymelaea mezereum (L.) Scop. Thymelaea praecox Gilib. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, GRB Great Britain, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, BGM Belgium, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, NET Netherlands, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (BLR Belarus, BLT Baltic States, RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia, RUS South European Russia, RUW Northwest European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, WSB West Siberia) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) |