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Pronunciation: for-es-tee-ER-a pew-BES-ens
Common name: Desert olive
Family: Oleaceae (Olive)
Habitat: Dry slopes, canyons and ridges to about 6000', mostly in creosote bush scrub, chaparral, coastal sage scrub and foothill woodland across interior cismontane Southern California to the Mojave Desert and bordering ranges
Blooming period: March to April
Name derivations: 1) Forestiera 2) pubescens