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