| 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 | |
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| Synonyms [2] [3] [4] | |
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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]