Pending editorial review. Names come from GBIF/POWO; growing details are a draft our editors are still verifying.

Buxus sempervirens — (c) Julien Renoult, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Julien Renoult via iNaturalist · CC-BY · source

(c) Julien Renoult, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Julien Renoult via iNaturalist · CC-BY · source

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Buxus sempervirens L.

Common box · Buxaceae

Also known as Buxus hyrcana. Common names: Box, Boxwood, European box.

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About Common box

Buxus sempervirens, the common box, European box, or boxwood, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Buxus, native to western and southern Europe, northwest Africa, and southwest Asia, from southern England south to northern Morocco, and east through the northern Mediterranean region to Turkey. Buxus colchica of western Caucasus and B. hyrcana of northern Iran and eastern Caucasus are commonly treated as synonyms of B. sempervirens.

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Growing & care

Growing guide coming soon. Our editors haven't written verified care details for this plant yet. Native range and classification are shown below.

Native range	Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Corse, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Iran, Italy, Libya, Morocco, North Caucasus, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Sardegna, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe
Toxicity	Pets: Not documented · People: Not documented

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