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Forestiera pubescens Nutt.

Stretchberry, desert olive, tanglewood, devil's elbow, elbow bush, spring goldenglow, spring herald, New Mexico privet, Texas forsythia

KingdomPlantaePlants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
SubkingdomTracheobiontaVascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
DivisionMagnoliophytaFlowering plants, also known as angiosperms
ClassMagnoliopsidaDicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
SubclassAsteridaeA large class that encompasses asters
OrderLamialesAromatic herbs and shrubs, including lavender, lilac, olive, jasmine, ash, teak, snapdragon, sesame, psyllium, garden sage, mint, basil, and rosemary
FamilyOleaceaeTemperate climate shrubs, trees and a few vines, include forsythia, ash, jasmine, privet, olive, lilac, and many others
GenusForestieraProbably named for Parisian physician and botany teacher Robert Forestier (1736-1812)
SpeciespubescensWith soft, downy hair

About plant names...

New Mexico privet is native to much of the American southwest. It prefers rocky limestone uplands, but is found in other habitats as well.

Plants: These shrubs are deciduous, roughly round in shape, and 3-10′ (91-304 cm) in size. The bark is tan to gray in color.

Leaves: Simple, mostly opposite or in clusters. Leaves are elliptic or lanceolate to ovate, and leatherlike. They are ¼-1¾″ (9-48 mm) × ¾-1¼″ (2.2-3.1 cm) in size, with smooth edges or minute crenate teeth.

Flowers: Male (staminate) flowers are about ⅛″ (3 mm) in size, and yellow-greenish, aging reddish; while female (pistillate) flowers, ⅛″ (4 mm) in sizel, are greenish, aging orangish. Branchlets have 3, 5, or 7 flowers. Flowers appear prior to leaves, and have no odor.

Fruits: Elliptic (roughly ollive-shaped), ⅛-3/16″ (4.5-5.8 mm) × ⅛-3/16″ (4-5.2 mm), purple-black in color, and covered with a waxy bloom.

Edibility:

Medical:

Online References:

Landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu

Calflora

W3.biosci.utexas.edu

Forestiera pubescens (stretchberry, desert olive, tanglewood, devil's elbow, elbow bush, spring goldenglow, spring herald, New Mexico privet, Texas forsythia)

5/22/2009 · Wupatki National Monument, Ari­zona

Forestiera pubescens (stretchberry, desert olive, tanglewood, devil's elbow, elbow bush, spring goldenglow, spring herald, New Mexico privet, Texas forsythia)

8/27/2014 · Rio Grande Nature Center, Albuquerque, New Mex­ico · ≈ 15 × 10″ (37 × 25 cm)

Forestiera pubescens (stretchberry, desert olive, tanglewood, devil's elbow, elbow bush, spring goldenglow, spring herald, New Mexico privet, Texas forsythia)

8/27/2014 · Rio Grande Nature Center, Albuquerque, New Mex­ico · ≈ 1½ × 1′ (47 × 31 cm)

 

Forestiera pubescens description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 9 Aug 2023.

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Forestiera pubescens (stretchberry, desert olive, tanglewood, devil's elbow, elbow bush, spring goldenglow, spring herald, New Mexico privet, Texas forsythia)

8/27/2014 · Rio Grande Nature Center, Albuquerque, New Mex­ico · ≈ 15 × 10″ (37 × 25 cm)

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