Koeberlinia spinosa var. tenuispina Kearney & Peebles

Crown of thorns (en)

Variety

Angiosperms > Brassicales > Koeberliniaceae > Koeberlinia > Koeberlinia spinosa

Characteristics

Plants 1-10 m; young thorns densely puberulent; mature thorns 33-82 mm, 1.2-2 mm at base (20+ times longer than base width). Flowers: petals 4-4.8 mm; style 1-1.2 mm, straight (sometimes uncinate or S-shaped when dry); gynophore (stipe) 0.5-0.8 mm.
Life form perennial
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 10.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Koeberlinia spinosa var. tenuispina world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:133662-2
WFO ID wfo-0001069506
COL ID 5PLMT
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Synonyms

Koeberlinia spinosa var. tenuispina Koeberlinia spinosa subsp. tenuispina