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Rhamnaceae

Greythorn

Sarcomphalus obtusifolius (Hook. ex Torr. & A.Gray) Hauenschild

Family
Rhamnaceae
Genus
Sarcomphalus

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Greythorn: Ziziphus obtusifolia var. canescens at Red Spring, Calico Basin, Spring Mountains, southern Nevada
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)
English
Greythorn, Lotebush, Graythorn, Lote bush
Spanish
Garrapatilla
Vietnamese
Zizyphus obtusifolia

Synonyms

  • Condalia lycioides Weberb.
  • Condalia lycioides var. microphylla Loes.
  • Condalia obtusifolia (Hook. ex Torr. & A.Gray) Weberb.
  • Condalia rigida Wiggins
  • Condaliopsis lycioides (A.Gray) Suess.
  • Condaliopsis rigida (Wiggins) Wiggins
  • Paliurus texanus Scheele
  • Rhamnus obtusifolia Hook. ex Torr. & A.Gray
  • Ziziphus lycioides A.Gray
  • Ziziphus obtusifolia (Hook. ex Torr. & A.Gray) A.Gray
  • Ziziphus obtusifolia var. obtusifolia

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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). About our plant data.