Thymelaeaceae
Mezereon
Daphne mezereum
- Family
- Thymelaeaceae
- Genus
- Daphne
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Common names
By language (50)
- Albanian
- Jargavan mali
- Arabic
- مازريون, دفنة, زيتون الأرض
- Armenian
- Գայլահատ մահացու
- arz
- مازريون
- azb
- عادی جاناوارگیلهسی
- Azerbaijani
- Adi canavargiləsi
- ba
- Бүре еләге
- Bangla
- ডাফনে মেজেরিয়াম
- Basque
- Ereinoztxo
- Belarusian
- Ваўчаягада звычайная
- Bulgarian
- Обикновено бясно дърво, Вълче лико, Див люляк
- Catalan
- Tintorell, Bois-gentil
- Chinese
- 歐洲瑞香, 二月瑞香
- Croatian
- Obični likovac
- Czech
- Lýkovec jedovatý, Mezereum officinarum
- Danish
- Peberbusk
- Dutch
- Rood peperboompje
- English
- Mezereon, Paradise plant
- Esperanto
- Mezereo
- Estonian
- Harilik näsiniin, Näsiniin
- Finnish
- Näsiä, Lehtonäsiä, Riidenmarja
- French
- Bois-joli, Bois-gentil, Bois gentil, Bois joli
- frp
- Pequins des sèrpents
- German
- Echter Seidelbast, Gemeiner Seidelbast, Gewöhnlicher Seidelbast, Bois-gentil
- hsb
- Zažny łyknowc, Popjerjowe drjewo, Wjelči kerk
- Hungarian
- Farkasboroszlán
- io
- Mezereono
- Italian
- Dafne mezereo, Fior di stecco
- Japanese
- セイヨウオニシバリ, セイヨウオニバシリ
- Latvian
- Parastā zalktene
- Lithuanian
- Paprastasis žalčialunkis, Bois-gentil
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Tysbast
- os
- Цæстурсгæнæн
- pcd
- Jolibò, Lilå`d ivér, Mizérionme, Mizériyusse
- Persian
- هفت برگ
- Polish
- Wawrzynek wilczełyko
- Romansh
- Dafna
- Russian
- Волчеягодник обыкновенный, Волчеягодник смертельный, Волчник обыкновенный, Волчье лыко, Волчье лыко обыкновенное
- sgs
- Žaltlonkis
- Slovak
- Lykovec jedovatý
- Slovenian
- Navadni volčin
- smn
- Näsiä
- Spanish
- Laureola foemina, Laureola hembra, Leño gentil, Matacabras, Mezereum officinarum
- Swedish
- Tibast, Bois-gentil
- Turkish
- Mezeryon
- udm
- Кионнин
- Ukrainian
- Вовчі ягоди звичайні, Вовче лико
- vep
- Kägennin'
- Vietnamese
- Thụy hương Á-Âu
- Welsh
- Bliwlys
Synonyms
- Daphne mezereum var. albaplena Rehder
- Daphne mezereum var. album Aiton
- Daphne mezereum var. rubrum Aiton
- Thymelaea mezereum (L.) Scop.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 2,423 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Christophe, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jonáš Gaigr, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Chelsea Carroll, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sylvain Gérard, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aurelijus Narbutas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bernd Haynold, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mirko Ubović, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Bochenek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Radio Tonreg from Vienna, Austria, CC BY 2.0, 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.