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Daphne mucronata Royle  
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FamilyTHYMELAEACEAE
Genus speciesDaphne mucronata Royle 
BibliographyIll. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 322 (1836)
Native Rangese. Turkey to w. Himalaya and Arabian Peninsula
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatgrassland and thickets
Descriptionbranchlets thin, red, densely leafy, leaves linear-lanceolate, glabrous, sessile, acute, flowers 5-7, shortly pedicellate, in capitate corymb, drupe orange
Size30-70cm
Colorwhite
Bloomspring
Ca
Typeshrub
Cultivationmesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade
Propagationseed when ripe or as soon as possible
cuttings in late summer; layering in spring
SynonymsDaphne acuminata Boiss. & Hohen. ex Stocks
Daphne acuminata var. kochii Meisn.
Daphne angustifolia K.Koch
Daphne angustifolia var. affghanica (Meisn.) Keissl.
Daphne angustifolia var. mucronata (Royle) Keissl.
Daphne argentea E.D.Clarke
Daphne cachemireana Meisn.
Daphne coriacea Royle
Daphne mucronata var. affghanica Meisn.
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus)
     34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey)
     35 Arabian Peninsula (OMA Oman, SAU Saudi Arabia)
4 Asia-Tropical
     40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya)
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