| Family | OLEACEAE |
| Genus species | Menodora spinescens A.Gray |
| Bibliography | Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 388 (1868) |
| Native Range | California to Nevada and Baja California Norte |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
| 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 | perennial |
| Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed when ripe cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Menodora spinescens var. mohavensis Steyerm. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada) 79 Mexico (MXN Mexico Northwest) |