| Family | OLEACEAE |
| Genus species | Menodora scabra Engelm. ex A.Gray |
| Bibliography | Amer. J. Sci. Arts, ser. 2, 14: 44 (1852) |
| Native Range | Utah to Texas and n. Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 500-2400m |
| Description | leaves opposite, entire, 1-3cm long, narrowly oblanceolate, margins revolute, inflorescence 1-3-flowered cyme, calyx with 8-11 sepals, flowers with short tube, lobes 5-8mm long |
| Size | 20-25cm |
| Color | bright yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed when ripe cuttings in late summer |
| 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 scoparia Engelm. ex A.Gray |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast, MXN Mexico Northwest) |