| Family | OLEACEAE |
| Genus species | Menodora spinescens A.Gray |
| Habitat | semideserts of w. USA |
| Altitude | 1000-2000m |
| Description | leaves alternate, entire, carnose, narrowly oblanceolate, flowers solitary, infundibuliform, 6-9mm across, lateral branchlets apically with flower or with spine |
| Size | 15-80cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | spinose shrub |
| Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed when ripe cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A. (California , Nevada ) Mexico (Mexico Northwest) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | OLEACEAE
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