Osyris L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 70

2. Osyris L. 2

Dioecious; shrubs, without a rhizome. Leaves lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, evergreen. Perianth 3- to 4-partite. Male flowers in lateral few-flowered cymes; stamens 3-4. Female flowers solitary and terminal on short branches; stigma 3-lobed. Fruit a globose drupe.

Bracts foliaceous, persistent; drupe 5-7 mm 1. alba Bracts small, caducous; drupe 7-10 mm 2. quadripartita