Forestiera pubescens Nutt. is a plant in the Oleaceae family, order Lamiales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Forestiera pubescens Nutt. (Forestiera pubescens Nutt.)
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Forestiera pubescens Nutt.

Forestiera pubescens Nutt.

Forestiera pubescens is a multi-named deciduous shrub or small tree native to the southwestern US and northern Mexico.

Family
Genus
Forestiera
Order
Lamiales
Class
Magnoliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

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.

Photo: (c) Suzette Rogers, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Suzette Rogers · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Lamiales Oleaceae Forestiera

More from Oleaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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