Russian olive
Elaeagnus pungens Thunb.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- —
- wide
- —
Elaeagnaceae
Also called Thorny olive
Formerly Elaeagnus frederici-variegata, Elaeagnus obtusa, Elaeagnus simonii, Elaeagnus sinensis, and 1 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- ShrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- EC. & SE. China, S. Korea (Mt. Miruk), SC. & S. JapanKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- WhiteRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -12.2 °C (USDA zone 8a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: height, spread, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (4)
- Simplified Chinese
- 羊奶子, 三月枣, 半含春
- Chinese
- 胡颓子, 胡颓子叶, 胡颓子根
- Chinese (Taiwan)
- 胡頹子
- Slovenian
- bodeča oljčica
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 3.0 us
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