| Scientific Name: | Elaeagnus pungens |
| Common Name: | thorny elaeagnus, silverthorn |
| Family Name: | Elaeagnaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen |
| Mature Size: | 3 - 5m x 4 - 5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Dense, Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Mounded, Oval - horizontal |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Espalier, Group or mass planting, Reclamation, Screening |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Pinnate venation, Lustrous, Elliptic, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, White, Sep-Oct |
| Fruit: | Achene, Drupe, Edible, (Accessory tissue), Red, Oct-Nov |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, most elliptic, 8-10cm long x 4-5cm wide, dark green (variegated cvs. yellow with green margins); flowers 5-8mm wide, 4 petal-like sepals, white with brown spots, Sep-Oct; weak thorns on older stems to 2cm long. | |