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Shrub, clipped as hedge, on south side of Braun Music and in Outer Quad NW courtyards (see South of Quad tree map). The distinctive, wavy-margined leaves are silvery beneath, dotted with brown scales.
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Additions/Revisions: This is a new entry, not in book.Name derivation, genus | species: from the Greek elais, "olive," and agnos, "the chaste-tree" | spiny, sharp-pointed, from California Plant Names
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