Ruscus is a genus of six species of flowering plants, native to western and southern Europe (including northern to southern England), Macaronesia, northwestern Africa, and southwestern Asia east to the Caucasus. In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae). Like many lilioid monocots, it was formerly classified in the family Liliaceae.
The species are evergreen shrub-like perennial plants, growing to approximately ...