Menodora spinescens
A. Gray
Spiny desert olive, Spiny menodora, Spiny monodora
Menodora spinescens is a shrub that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.
Bloom Period
The blue points on the map indicate observations in Calflora.
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Jepson eFlora section:
eudicot
USDA PLANTS group:
Dicot
Shadscale Scrub, Northern Juniper Woodland
[Wikipedia] Range, Habitat: It is native to the southwestern United States, where it grows in varied mountain, canyon, and desert habitat in California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)
