Forestiera pubescens

Forestiera pubescens

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Oleaceae
Genus: Forestiera
Species:
F. pubescens
Binomial name
Forestiera pubescens
Varieties
  • F. p. var. parvifolia
  • F. p. var. pubescens
Synonyms
List
    • Adelia neomexicana (A.Gray) Kuntze
    • Adelia parvifolia (A.Gray) Small
    • Adelia pubescens (Nutt.) Kuntze
    • Adelia sphaerocarpa (Torr.) Kuntze
    • Forestiera acuminata var. parvifolia A.Gray
    • Forestiera arizonica (A.Gray) Rydb.
    • Forestiera ligustrina var. pubescens (Nutt.) A.Gray
    • Forestiera neomexicana A.Gray
    • Forestiera sphaerocarpa Torr.

Forestiera pubescens, commonly known as stretchberry, desert olive, tanglewood, devil's elbow, elbow bush, spring goldenglow, spring herald, New Mexico privet, or Texas forsythia is a deciduous shrub or small tree native to the southwestern United States (Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, California) and northern Mexico.