1925 WD. Discovered 1925 Nov. 20 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.

Named after a genus of ornamental shrubs of the olive family with opposite leaves and yellow bell-shaped flowers appearing before the leaves in early spring. (H 100)

Reinmuth published (RI 803) a large list of new names for 66 planets between (1009) and (1200). In this compilation there is a number of 28 consecutive names which belong to flowers and other plants.