Koeberlinia spinosa var. tenuispina Calflora

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Taxon Report

Koeberlinia spinosa Zucc. var. tenuispina Kearney & Peebles

Crown of thorns

2013 Tim Thomas

2011 Dustin Ray

2021 Angelique Herman

2011 Justin M. Wood

2015 Wynn Anderson

Koeberlinia spinosa var. tenuispina is a shrub that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.

California Rare Plant Rank: 2B.2 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA; common elsewhere).


	Plant Range Observation Search ~43 records in California Plant Characteristics one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

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Parent:	Koeberlinia spinosa
Genus:	Koeberlinia
Family:	Koeberliniaceae (Capparaceae)
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Habitat: riparian

Communities: Creosote Bush Scrub

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + CNPS + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


JEF + CNPS + PLANTS	Koeberlinia spinosa ssp. tenuispina

Information about Koeberlinia spinosa var. tenuispina from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (KOSPT) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map CNPS Inventory: 2B.2 Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/21/2024).