Thorny-Olive is an evergreen large shrub or small tree from Japan with thick, coriaceous leaves and spiny twigs.

Slightly less invasive, at present, than the noxious weed Autumn-Olive (E. umbellata).

Chapel Hill, NC 4/10/10.

Thorny-Olive blooms in the fall and fruit ripens in spring, the opposite of Autumn-Olive, which blooms in spring and fruits in the fall.

Chapel Hill, NC 4/10/10.

Chapel Hill, NC 4/10/10.

Chapel Hill, NC 4/10/10.

The leaf undersides are scurfy, with rusty-brown and silvery scales.

Chapel Hill, NC 4/10/10.