About Forestiera pubescens Nutt.
Forestiera pubescens Nutt. has many common names, including stretchberry, desert olive, tanglewood, devil's elbow, elbow bush, spring goldenglow, spring herald, New Mexico privet, and Texas forsythia. This species is a deciduous shrub or small tree that is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. In the southwestern United States, it occurs in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and California.