Oleaceae

Stretchberry

Forestiera pubescens Nutt.

Family: Oleaceae
Genus: Forestiera

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Common names

By language (2)

English: Stretchberry, Desert olive, Devil's elbow, New Mexico privet, Spring goldenglow, Spring herald, Tanglewood, Texas forsythia
nv: Mąʼiidą́ą́ʼ

Synonyms

Adelia pubescens (Nutt.) Kuntze
Forestiera ligustrina var. pubescens (Nutt.) A.Gray

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Vojtěch Zavadil, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.