Ecballium elaterium

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

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scientific name	Ecballium elaterium
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1. E. elaterium View in CoL (L.) A. Richard in Bory, Diet. Class. Hist. Nat. 6: 19 (1824).

Stems 15-60 cm. Leaves long-petiolate; lamina 4-10 cm, cordate to triangular, entire, denticulate or rarely shallowly lobed, undulate, rather fleshy. Corolla of male flowers 18-20 mm, yellowish. Fruit 4-5 x 2- 5 cm, green, ovoid, very hispid, dehiscing explosively at the base. Sandy or stony ground near the sea and often as a ruderal. S. Europe. Al BI Bu Co Cr Ga Gr Hs It Ju Lu Rm Rs (W, K, E) Sa Si Tu [Az Br Cz Hu].