| Taxon | Forestiera pubescens |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Oleaceae |
| Family common name(s) | olive; ash |
| Genus common name(s) | forestiera; swamp-privet; swamp privet; swampprivet |
| Species common name(s) | desert-olive; desert olive; downy forestiera; stretch-berry; stretch berry; stretchberry; spring-herald; spring herald; spring goldenglow; devil's-elbow; devil's elbow; desert elbow-bush; desert elbow bush; desert elbowbush; Texas elbow-bush; Texas elbow bush; Texas forsythia; dwarf swamp privet |
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| Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in brackets | New Mexico forestiera [Forestiera neomexicana]; New Mexican forestiera [Forestiera neomexicana]; New Mexico desert olive [Forestiera neomexicana]; New Mexico olive [Forestiera neomexicana]; New Mexico privet [Forestiera neomexicana] |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | wild privet is applied to multiple Oleaceae taxa; elbowbush, elbow bush, elbow-bush, wild-olive, wild olive, ironwood, coyote-bush, coyote bush are applied to taxa in multiple families |
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| Notes | Texas, New Mexico are proper names, so upper case preferable; Newmexican is an error |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | var. parviflora (A. Gray) Nesom; Forestiera neomexicana A. Gray var. arizonica A. Gray; Forestiera neomexicana A. Gray var. neomexicana |
