Thymelaeaceae
Spurge-laurel
Daphne laureola
- Family
- Thymelaeaceae
- Genus
- Daphne
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Common names
By language (25)
- arz
- دافنى لوريولا
- Asturian
- Acebún
- Basque
- Garatxo-belar
- Bulgarian
- Лаврово бясно дърво
- Catalan
- Lloreret
- Chinese
- 洋瑞香, 月桂瑞香
- Czech
- Lýkovec vavřínolistý
- Danish
- Laurbær-Dafne
- Dutch
- Zwart peperboompje
- English
- Spurge-laurel, Spurgelaurel
- Finnish
- Laakerinäsiä
- French
- Daphné lauréole, Daphné à feuille de laurier, Daphné à feuilles de laurier, Laureole, Laurier des bois, Lauréole
- German
- Lorbeer-Seidelbast
- hsb
- Žołty łyknowc
- Hungarian
- Babérboroszlán
- Japanese
- ローレルジンチョウゲ
- kab
- Aslen n yiddawen
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Laurbærtysbast
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Laurbærtysbast
- Serbian
- Маслиница
- Slovenian
- Lovorolistni volčin
- Spanish
- Aberon, Barrabon, Barrabón, Driola, Dríola, Laberon, Laberón, Laureola siempreverde
- Swedish
- Lagertibast
- Vietnamese
- Thụy hương nguyệt quế
- Welsh
- Clust yr ewig
Synonyms
- Thymelaea laureola (L.) Scop.
Flowers
- In flower
- February to April (from 849 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Cara Ennis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Shane Johnson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andrew Tree, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Velela, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: gill_ryenats, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mirko Ubović, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sdjurovic, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.