Bryonia eretica, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 297

2. B. eretica L. ,Sp.Pl. 1013(1753).

Like 1 but always dioecious; leaf-lobes entire or with few, large, subobtuse teeth, the central usually not markedly longer than the lateral; calyx of female flowers usually about half as long as the corolla; stigma papillosehairy; fruit 6-10 mm in diameter, red. 5., S.C. & W. Europe, northwards to Britain; formerly cultivated as a medicinal plant and often naturalized. Al Au Be Br Co Cr Cz Ga Ge G r He Ho Hs Hu It Ju Lu *Po Sa Si [Da Ge Hb No Su].

1 Male inflorescence eglandular or nearly so; immature fruit white-spotted (a) subsp. eretica 1 Male inflorescence glandular; immature fruit uniformly green

2Male inflorescence with few or no long hairs (b) subsp. dioica

2Male inflorescence with abundant long hairs (c) subsp. acuta