Showy Menodora (Menodora longiflora)

   
 

Fruit of Showy Menodora (Menodora longiflora), Chihuahuan Desert Gardens, Centennial Museum, University of Texas at El Paso. Flowers, El Paso, TX. Photographs by Wynn Anderson.

• Common English Names: Showy Menodora
• Common Spanish Names:
• Scientific Name: Menodora longiflora (men-oh-DOOR-uh lon-gih-FLOOR-uh)
• Family: Oleaceae (Olive Family)
• Geographic Range: Central Texas west to southeastern New Mexico and south into Mexico.
• Plant Form: Erect subshrub, perennial, 6-18" in height.
• Remarks: Abundant yellow flowers in summer and fall.

Last Update: 3 Apr 2006