Forestiera pubescens

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Forestiera pubescens
Forestiera pubescens 2.jpg
Status TNC G4.svg
Apparently Secure  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Oleaceae
Genus: Forestiera
Species:
F. pubescens
Binomial name
Forestiera pubescens
Varieties [2]
  • F. p. var. parvifolia
  • F. p. var. pubescens
Synonyms [2] [3] [4]
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, [5] desert olive, tanglewood, devil's elbow, elbow bush, spring goldenglow, spring herald, New Mexico privet, or Texas forsythia[ citation needed ] 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. [6] [7] [8]

References

  1. NatureServe (4 April 2025). "Forestiera pubescens". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Forestiera pubescens Nutt". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  3. "Forestiera pubescens var. parvifolia (A.Gray) G.L.Nesom". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  4. "Forestiera pubescens var. pubescens". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  5. NRCS. "Forestiera pubescens". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  6. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Forestiera pubescens
  7. Biota of North America Program, Forestiera pubescens
  8. Nuttall, Thomas. 1837. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series 5(6[2]): 177, Forestiera pubescens