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Scientific name:

Cucubalus baccifer

Vernacular name:

Catchfly, Berry


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Berry Catchfly

Scientific name: Cucubalus baccifer L.

Diagnostic features
Shortly pubescent perennial with much-branched sprawling stems to 1m.
Leaves ovate, acuminate, with short petiole.
Flowers in open dichasia.
Calyx 8-15mm, the petals longer.
Berry 6-8mm across, black, not concealed by calyx.

Chromosome number: 2n=24.

Habitat
Introduced-naturalized; rough grassy places; rare casual, naturalized in West Norfolk; Europe.

This species is keyed out on Page 2186: Cucubalus and other genera in the Text Key.

Cucubalus baccifer (Catchfly, Berry)
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