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|accepted_name=Daphne mezereum
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 356. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Mezereon;paradise-plant
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Thymelaeaceae;Daphne;Daphne mezereum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Thymelaeaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Daphne]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Daphne mezereum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 385
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>to 1 m; branches glabrescent. <b>Leaves</b> deciduous, sessile; blade oblong to lanceolate, 3–8 × 1–2.5 cm, membranous, adaxial surface matte. <b>Inflorescences</b> 2–4-flowered. <b>Flowers</b> fragrant, sessile, appearing before leaves, clustered in axils of previous year’s growth; hypanthium pink, red, or white, tubular, 5–8 mm, sericeous; calyx lobes ovate or obtuse to rounded, 3–5 mm. <b>Drupes</b> red or yellow. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer (Jun–Aug).
|habitat=Cool, damp woods, especially on limestone
|elevation=0–300 m
|distribution=B.C.;N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Alaska;Conn.;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Mont.;N.H.;N.Y.;Ohio;R.I.;Vt.;Europe;w;c Asia.
|discussion=<p><i>Daphne mezereum</i> was used in the herbal pharmacopoeia as a purgative. It contains daphnin and is highly poisonous.</p>
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name=Daphne mezereum
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Thymelaeaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer (Jun–Aug).
|habitat=Cool, damp woods, especially on limestone
|elevation=0–300 m
|distribution=B.C.;N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Alaska;Conn.;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Mont.;N.H.;N.Y.;Ohio;R.I.;Vt.;Europe;w;c Asia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Illustrated;Introduced
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|genus=Daphne
|species=Daphne mezereum
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