Forestiera pubescens
Common name:
Desert Olive
New Mexico Olive
New Mexican Privit
Stretchberry
Pronunciation:
fo-res-TEE-rah pu-BES-enz
Family:
Oleaceae
Genus:
Synonyms:
Forestiera neomexicana
Type:
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon:
No
- Broadleaf, deciduous, shrub, generally rounded, upright, 3 to 10 ft (0.9-3 m) tall, multi-stemmed twig, rigid and thorny, bark tan-gray. Leaves simple, opposite or clustered, elliptic or lanceolate to ovate, 1.5-4 cm, leathery, entire or minutely toothed. Flowers small, but generally appear before the leaves so they are noticed, yellow male flowers and green female. Fruit elliptic, 5-8 mm, purple-black, waxy bloom.
- Sun, best in sandy soil, little water requirements
- Hardy to USDA Zone 4 Native to Southwestern US (California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Nevada, Utah and Colorado) and northern Mexico.
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plant habit
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leaves
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leaf (also ovate shape)
