title: Crucifixion thorn
text: # Crucifixion thorn
  
  Crucifixion thorn may refer to one of the following North American desert plants:
  
  * Canotia holacantha, a shrub or small tree in the family Celastraceae native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts
  * Castela emoryi, a shrub or small tree in the family Simaroubaceae native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts
  * Castela erecta (goatbush), a shrub or small tree in the family Simaroubaceae native to the Chihuahuan Desert
  * Colletia cruciata
  * Holacantha stewartii (Stewart crucifixion-thorn), a shrub or small tree in the family Simaroubaceae native to the Chihuahuan Desert
  * Koeberlinia spinosa (allthorn), a shrub or small tree in the family Koeberliniaceae native to the Sonoran Desert
  