Bryonia alba
Bryonia alba
Akhaylin
Stems usually minutely glandular, sometimes also sparsely spiculate or hairy, rarely glabrous. Leaves narrowly to broadly ovate-cordate, 4-11 x 3,5-15 cm, shallowly to usually deeply 5-7-lobed, the lobes triangular or ovate to elliptic or linear-lanceolate, usually rather sharply and coarsely sinuate-toothed or lobulate, rarely subentire. Petiole glabrous or sparsely spiculate, sometimes sparsely minutely glandular, 1,5-7,5 cm. Male racemes 4,5-24 cm, glabrous or minutely glandular; sepals triangular to lanceolate, 1,5-3,5 mm; petals 3,5-7 x 1,5-4 mm. Female inflorescences usually corymbose, shorter than male; sepals lanceolate, 1,1-3,5 mm; petals 1,0-4,0 x 0,5-1,2 mm. Stigmas small, glabrous or sometimes with a few small papillae. Fruit black, 7,5-8 mm. Seeds 5,2-6 x 3,5-3,7 x 1,9-2,2 mm. Fl. 6. In forest, scrub and hedges, 850-1600 m.
C. Europe, N. Balkans, C. & S. Russia, Crimea., N.B. Turkistan, Euro-Sib. element.
