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Common name: Fiery thorn. Everlasting thorn.
Voucher: Kostadinov 051, (URV)
Brief description: A nearly evergreen shrub to 2 m with the young parts grayish-pubescent. Leaves are narrowly elliptic, simple, alternate, entire, pinnately veined, margins finely crenate-serrate. Flowers are perfect, white, in many-flowered corymbs. Fruits are bright red, subglobose, with 5 nutlets.
Campus data: Frequently cultivated.