Asparagaceae
Helecho mosca
Ruscus hypoglossum
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Ruscus
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Common names
By language (14)
- Arabic
- سفندر لامع الظهر
- arz
- سفندر لامع الظهر
- Asturian
- Capiu d'alexandría de fueya estrencha
- Bulgarian
- Подезичен залист
- Chinese
- 舌苞假叶树
- Croatian
- Širokolisna veprina
- Czech
- Listnatec jazykovitý
- English
- Helecho mosca
- Esperanto
- Langa rusko
- Greek
- Ρούσκος ο υπόγλωσσος
- Hungarian
- Lónyelvű csodabogyó
- Russian
- Иглица подъязычная
- Serbian
- Широколисна кострика
- Welsh
- Celynnen-Fair ddi-ddrain
Synonyms
- Platyruscus hypoglossum (L.) A.P.Khokhr. & V.N.Tikhom.
- Ruscus alexandrinus Garsault
- Ruscus humilis Salisb.
- Ruscus hypoglossum var. laticladodia Yalt.
- Ruscus hypophyllum var. hypoglossum (L.) Baker
- Ruscus troadensis E.D.Clarke
Photos

Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Théo Dumont, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: diego.pilato, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: dusanklenovsek62, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Benjamin Zwittnig, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: fancelli gregory, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Keministi, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: srcnblgn, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Sdjurovic, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: srcnblgn, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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). About our plant data.