Oleaceae
Rough menodora
Menodora scabra
- Family
- Oleaceae
- Genus
- Menodora
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Rough menodora
Synonyms
- Menodora decemfida var. longifolia Steyerm.
- Menodora laevis Wooton & Standl.
- Menodora scabra var. glabrescens A.Gray ex S.Watson
- Menodora scabra var. laevis (Wooton & Standl.) Steyerm.
- Menodora scabra var. longituba Steyerm.
- Menodora scabra var. ramosissima Steyerm.
- Menodora scabra var. scabra
- Menodora scoparia Engelm. ex A.Gray
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Isaac Ethington, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Menodora robustaOleaceae
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- Menodora coulteriOleaceae
- Menodora geohintoniiOleaceae
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.