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Rhamnus crenulata
Canary Buckthorn (Rhamnus crenulata) is a shrub in the buckthorn family, endemic to the Canary Islands of Spain. It is not widely grown, and its wild populations are threatened by habitat loss, so it suits native or Mediterranean-style gardens where it can be grown in full sun with good drainage.
Rhamnus crenulata is a species of plant in the family Rhamnaceae. It is endemic to the Canary Islands of Spain. It is threatened by Mediterranean Matorral shrubland habitat loss. In the Canary Islands it is also known as espinero and to the wider community as Canary Buckthorn.
Mediterranean Buckthorn · Alderleaf Buckthorn · Sharp-tooth buckthorn · Frangula caroliniana · Common buckthorn · Dahurian buckthorn · Rhamnus glandulosa · Lokao · Rhamnus integrifolia · Rhamnus intermedia · Japanese buckthorn · Rhamnus lojaconoi
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rhamnus crenulata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
