page_title: Mercurialis (plant)
hierarchical_section_title: Mercurialis (plant)
caption_attribution_description: English: Mercurialis annua L., female (left) and male (right) plant
context_page_description: Mercurialis is a genus of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae, the spurges, known commonly as the mercuries. These are slender herbs, rhizomatious perennials and woody perennials, native to Europe, North Africa, and Asia.
  Species
  Mercurialis annua L. - most of Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and islands of the eastern Atlantic
  Mercurialis canariensis Obbard & S.A.Harris - Canary Islands
  Mercurialis corsica Coss. & Kralik - Corsica, Sardinia
  Mercurialis elliptica Lam. - Spain, Portugal, Morocco
  Mercurialis huetii Hanry - Spain, France, Morocco
  Mercurialis leiocarpa Siebold & Zucc. - China, Japan, Korea, Ryukyu Islands, Thailand, Assam, Bhutan, Nepal
  Mercurialis × longifolia Lam. - Spain, Portugal, France
  Mercurialis ovata Sternb. & Hoppe - C + E Europe and SW Asia from Germany + Italy to Russia + Syria
  Mercurialis × paxii Graebn. - C + E Europe from Germany to Crimea
  Mercurialis perennis L. - most of Europe plus Algeria, Caucasus, Turkey, Iran
  Mercurialis reverchonii Rouy - Spain, Morocco
  Mercurialis tomentosa L. - Spain, Portugal, France, Balearic Islands
  formerly included
  transferred to other genera
  M. abyssinica - Micrococca mercurialis
context_section_description: Mercurialis /mərˌkjʊəriˈælɪs/ is a genus of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae, the spurges, known commonly as the mercuries. These are slender herbs (forbs), rhizomatious perennials and woody perennials, native to Europe, North Africa, and Asia.
  Species
  Mercurialis annua L. - most of Europe, North Africa, the Middle East (from Turkey to Iran and Qatar), and islands of the eastern Atlantic (Canary Islands, Azores, Madeira, etc.)
  Mercurialis canariensis Obbard & S.A.Harris - Canary Islands
  Mercurialis corsica Coss. & Kralik - Corsica, Sardinia
  Mercurialis elliptica Lam. - Spain, Portugal, Morocco
  Mercurialis huetii Hanry - Spain, France, Morocco
  Mercurialis leiocarpa Siebold & Zucc. - China, Japan, Korea, Ryukyu Islands, Thailand, Assam, Bhutan, Nepal
  Mercurialis × longifolia Lam. - Spain, Portugal, France   (M. annua × M. tomentosa)
  Mercurialis ovata Sternb. & Hoppe - C + E Europe and SW Asia from Germany + Italy to Russia + Syria
  Mercurialis × paxii Graebn. - C + E Europe from Germany to Crimea  (M. ovata × M. perennis)
  Mercurialis perennis L. - most of Europe plus Algeria, Caucasus, Turkey, Iran
  Mercurialis reverchonii Rouy - Spain, Morocco
  Mercurialis tomentosa L. - Spain, Portugal, France, Balearic Islands
  formerly included
  transferred to other genera (Acalypha Adenocline Claoxylon Leidesia Micrococca Seidelia Speranskia )
  M. abyssinica - Micrococca mercurialis
  M. acanthocarpa - Speranskia cantonensis
  M. alternifolia Lam. 1797 not Hochst. ex Baill. 1858 - Micrococca mercurialis
  M. alternifolia Hochst. ex Baill. 1858 not Lam. 1797 - Acalypha hochstetteriana
  M. androgyna - Leidesia procumbens
  M. angustifolia - Claoxylon angustifolium
  M. australis - Claoxylon australe
  M. bupleuroides - Adenocline pauciflora var. bupleuroides
  M. caffra - Adenocline acuta
  M. capensis - Leidesia procumbens
  M. cucullata - Acalypha segetalis
  M. dregeana - Adenocline acuta
  M. indica - Claoxylon hainanense
  M. pauciflora - Adenocline pauciflora
  M. procumbens - Leidesia procumbens
  M. pumila - Seidelia triandra
  M. serrata - Adenocline pauciflora var. ovalifolia
  M. subcordata - Adenocline acuta
  M. tenella - Adenocline pauciflora var. tenella
  M. tenerifolia - Claoxylon tenerifolium
  M. triandra - Seidelia triandra
  M. tricocca Eckl. & Zeyh. ex Krauss 1845 not E.Mey. ex Sond. 1850 - Leidesia procumbens
  M. tricocca E.Mey. ex Sond. 1850 not Eckl. & Zeyh. ex Krauss 1845 - Adenocline violifolia
  M. violifolia - Adenocline violifolia
  M. Mercurialis zeyheri - Adenocline pauciflora var. transiens
caption: Weed or landscape plant?
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