Osyris alba

Osyris alba, commonly referred to as osyris, is a species in the genus Osyris. It is distributed across southern Europe, the eastern Mediterranean, and North Africa. The plant belongs to the Santalaceae family, a group of flowering plants that includes several parasitic and hemiparasitic species. The species was first published by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. Discussions in taxonomic literature note the need to distinguish between different collections in the LINN herbarium for the type specimen, as they are not part of a single gathering.