Mercurialis perennis L.
(Dog’s Mercury)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMercurialis perennis (Dog’s Mercury)
GenusMercurialis (mercuries)
FamilyEUPHORBIACEAE (spurges)
OrderMALPIGHIALES (poplars, willows, St John’s worts, spurges and violets)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Mercurialis perennis (Dog’s Mercury) :
1: Mercurialis perennis (Dog’s Mercury)
1 Apr 2002 OSGR: SU68 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
Image 1: Female plant - oblique viewImage 2: Female plant - oblique view - close-upImage 3: Female plant - top viewImage 4: Female plant - top view - close-upImage 5: Male plants - side viewImage 6: Male plants - top viewImage 7: Male plants - top view (2)Image 8: Female plantImage 9: Fruits - unripe - enlargedImage 10: Fruits - unripe - magnifiedImage 11: Leaf - top surface - female plantImage 12: Leaf - top surface - female plant - magnifiedImage 13: Leaf - top surface - male plantImage 14: Leaf - top surface - male plant - magnifiedImage 15: Leaf - under surface - female plantImage 16: Leaf - under surface - female plant - magnifiedImage 17: Male flowers - enlargedImage 18: Male flowers - magnifiedImage 19: Male flowers - magnified (2)Image 20: Male plantImage 21: PollenImage 22: Pollen (2)Image 23: Pollen grainImage 24: Pollen grains - surface detailImage 25: Pollen grain - surface detail
2: Mercurialis perennis (Dog’s Mercury)
22 May 2000 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
Image 1: FruitsImage 2: Plants in woodlandImage 3: Plants - top viewImage 4: Fruit - close-up
3: Mercurialis perennis (Dog’s Mercury)
18 Mar 2000 OSGR: SU79 51° 40’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
Image 1: Close-upImage 2: FlowersImage 3: In situImage 4: On beech woodland floor
4: Mercurialis perennis (Dog’s Mercury)
12 Mar 2000 OSGR: SY29 50° 40’ N, 3° 0’ W Vice County: South Devon (VC 3) England
Image 1: In situImage 2: Side view
5: Mercurialis perennis (Dog’s Mercury)
16 Apr 1976 OSGR: SU81 50° 60’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
Image 1: Plants - in flowerImage 2: Plants - in flower (2)Image 3: Male flowers - enlarged

Mercurialis perennis (Dog’s Mercury) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Mercurialis perennis (Dog’s Mercury)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 50 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Mercurialis perennis (Dog’s Mercury)
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