| Family | AMARANTHACEAE |
| Genus species | Grayia spinosa (Hook.) Moq. |
| Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 13(2): 119 (1849) |
| Native Range | w. USA to New Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 500-2400m |
| Description | bark greyish, lateral branchlets spiny, leaves oblanceolate, entire, tapered to short petiole, dioecious, male flowers in axillary clusters, female flowers in spikelets |
| Size | 100-150cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Atriplex grayi W.A.Weber Atriplex spinosa (Hook.) C.L.Hitchc. Chenopodium spinosum Hook. Eremosemium spinosum (Hook.) Greene Grayia polygaloides Hook. & Arn. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |