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Menodora scabra is a species of flowering plant in the olive family known by the common name rough menodora. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it grows in varied mountain, plateau, and desert habitat. It is a small, multibranched subshrub producing several upright stems no more than 30 centimeters tall. It is coated in rough hairs and short, woolly fibers. The leaves are oblong or oval in shape, smooth along the edges, and alternately arranged on the branches. They are one or two centimeters long, the larger leaves located lower on the plant. The flower cluster is a loose cluster of yellow flowers at the tip of a stem branch. The flower corolla has 4 to 6 lobes with the stamens and stigma protruding from the short throat. The fruit is a capsule.
Shrub
1 ft Tall
Upright
Fast
Yellow
Summer
Groundcover
Full Sun, Partial Shade
Prefers sandy or loamy soils. Does not grow well in clay soils.
For propagating by seed: No treatment.
Rocky soils, canyons
Joshua Tree Woodland