Garrya flavescens is a species of flowering shrub, known by the common name ashy silktassel.

The plant is native to the southwestern United States, and Baja California, Sonora, and Chihuahua in Mexico.

It grows in many habitats, including dry forest, desert, and chaparral.

Garrya flavescens is a shrub reaching a maximum height approaching three meters.

Female flowers give way to bunches or clusters of spherical berries covered in hairs.