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
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, to 4 m tall, but normally 2 m tall. Branches drooping to ground and sometimes rooting there.
Description: Flowers pistilate (prominent), staminoids infertile; leaves not yet emerged.
County: Bexar
Collector: Mike Fox
Collection Date: Feb 9, 1994
Specimen number: 047
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0690
Accession Date: Mar 25, 1994
Accession Number: 50
Annotations: DPXXB (pistillate/flowering)