Koeberliniaceae
Crown of thorns
Koeberlinia spinosa
- Family
- Koeberliniaceae
- Genus
- Koeberlinia
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Common names
By language (13)
- Cantonese
- 刺枝木科
- Catalan
- Koeberliniàcia
- Cebuano
- Koeberlinia
- Chinese
- 刺枝树科, 刺枝樹科, 耶稣刺, 耶穌刺, 刺枝树
- English
- Crown of thorns, Allthorn, Crucifixion thorn
- French
- Koeberliniaceae, Koeberliniacée, Koeberliniacées
- German
- Koeberliniaceae
- Indonesian
- Koeberliniaceae
- Korean
- 코이베를리니아
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Koeberliniaceae
- Russian
- Кеберлиния, Koeberliniaceae, Кеберлиниевые, Кеберлиния колючая
- Spanish
- Koeberliniaceae, Koeberliniaceas, Koeberliniáceas
- war
- Koeberlinia
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Florian Siebeck, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification 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.