Calflora Taxon Report
Menodora spinescens  A. Gray  var. spinescens 
Spiny desert olive
Menodora spinescens var. spinescens is a shrub that is native to California.
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial
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Parent: Menodora spinescens
Genus: Menodora
Family: Oleaceae  
Category: angiosperm  
PLANTS group:Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF
Information about Menodora spinescens var. spinescens from other sources
Nursery availability from CNPLX
Commercial availability unknown.
Jepson eFlora

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“Calflora - Taxon Report.” The Calflora Database, a non-profit organization. .

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