Butcher's Broom - Ruscus aculeatus - The Natural Navigator
Ruscus aculeatus L. Ruscaceae Butchers Broom., Box holly, Knee Holly, Jew's myrtle. Distribution: Mediterranean to Britain. Aculeatus means 'prickly' which describes the plant well. Dioscorides in 70 AD (Gunther, 1959) says of
Butchers-broom - New Forest National Park Authority