Sea-buckthorn
Hippophae rhamnoides L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- —
- tall
- 3.5 m
- wide
- —
Elaeagnaceae
Formerly Argussiera rhamnoides, Elaeagnus rhamnoides, Osyris rhamnoides, Rhamnoides hippophae
When it flowers
JFMAMJJASOND
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
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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
- Europe to S. Siberia and SC. ChinaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from Wikipedia, one source
- Height
- 2.0 m to 5.0 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -43 °C (USDA zone 2b)Read from Wikipedia, one source
- Hottest it survives
- 40 °CRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: spread, water, flowers, heat.
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3D model: Hippophae rhamnoides (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.