Elaeagnaceae
Thorny olive
Elaeagnus pungens
- Family
- Elaeagnaceae
- Genus
- Elaeagnus
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Common names
By language (10)
- Azerbaijani
- Tikanlı iydə
- Chinese
- 胡頹子, 胡颓子, 三月枣, 半含春, 半春子, 卢都子, 四枣, 柿模
- English
- Thorny olive, Russian olive, Silverthorn, Spiny oleaster
- German
- Dornige Ölweide
- Japanese
- ナワシログミ
- lzh
- 胡頹子
- Persian
- سنجد زینتی
- Russian
- Лох колючий
- shn
- မွၵ်ႇၼၢမ်လမ်, မွၵ်ႇၼံၢလံ
- Slovenian
- Bodeča oljčica
Synonyms
- Elaeagnus frederici-variegata Ilsemann
- Elaeagnus obtusa C.Y.Chang
- Elaeagnus pungens f. angustifolia (Araki) Sugim.
- Elaeagnus pungens f. aurea (Servett.) Rehder
- Elaeagnus pungens f. frederici (Bean) Rehder
- Elaeagnus pungens f. maculata (H.J.Veitch) Rehder
- Elaeagnus pungens f. megaphylla (Araki) Sugim.
- Elaeagnus pungens f. rotundifolia (Servett.) H.Hara
- Elaeagnus pungens f. variegata (Bean) P.D.Sell
- Elaeagnus pungens f. variegata (Bean) Rehder
- Elaeagnus pungens subsp. simonii (Carrière) Servett.
- Elaeagnus pungens var. angustifolia Araki
- Elaeagnus pungens var. aurea Servett.
- Elaeagnus pungens var. aureovariegata Bean
- Elaeagnus pungens var. frederici Bean
- Elaeagnus pungens var. frederici-variegata (Ilsemann) Rehder
- Elaeagnus pungens var. latifolia Honda
- Elaeagnus pungens var. maculata H.J.Veitch
- Elaeagnus pungens var. megaphylla Araki
- Elaeagnus pungens var. rotundifolia Servett.
- Elaeagnus pungens var. simonii (Carrière) G.Nicholson
- Elaeagnus pungens var. variegata Bean
- Elaeagnus pungens var. variegata Rehder
- Elaeagnus simonii Carrière
- Elaeagnus sinensis Koehne
- Elaeagnus variegata J.R.Duncan & V.C.Davies
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James H. Miller & Ted Bodner, Southern Weed Science Society, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James H. Miller & Ted Bodner, Southern Weed Science Society, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.