Ruscus microglossus

Description

Ruscus hypoglossum is a small evergreen shrub with a native range from Italy north to Austria and Slovakia and east to Turkey and Crimea.Common names include spineless butcher's-broom,mouse thorn and horse tongue lily.The laurel crown of Caesar was made of Ruscus hypoglossum.The species name comes from two Greek words hypo and glossus meaning under and tongue.