Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Forestiera pubescens
Forestiera pubescens Nutt.
Elbowbush, Stretchberry, Spring Herald, Desert Olive, Tanglewood, Devil's Elbow, Spring Goldenglow, New Mexico Privet, Texas Forsythia, Elbow Bush
Oleaceae (Olive Family)
USDA Symbol: FOPU2USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Forestiera pubescens
Elbow Bush
Oleaceae
Location: 14511 Star Cross Trail, Helotes.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Understory shrub--when supported, up to 3.5 m high, but normally 2 m.
Description: Flowers precede the leaves. No leaves present on this specimen, teeth, stems and leaflets pubescent. Corolla yellow, papillonaceous, Seed pods round spiney spirals.
County: Bexar
Collector: Mike Fox
Collection Date: Feb 9, 1994
Specimen number: 046
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0689
Accession Date: Mar 25, 1994
Accession Number: 50
Annotations: DSXXB (staminate flower)