Rosaceae
Bride's feathers
Aruncus dioicus
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Aruncus
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Common names
By language (25)
- Arabic
- أرونكوس ديويكوس
- Belarusian
- Валжанка звычайная
- Chinese
- 假升麻, 假昇麻, 异花假升麻
- Croatian
- Šumska kozja brada
- Czech
- Udatna dvoudomá
- Dutch
- Geitenbaard
- English
- Bride's feathers
- Estonian
- Harilik kitse-enelas, Kitseenelas, Spiraea aruncus
- Finnish
- Isotöyhtöangervo, Töyhtöangervo
- French
- Barbe de bouc, Barbe de chèvre, Reine-des-bois
- German
- Wald-Geissbart, Wald-Geißbart, Johanniswedel, Waldgeißbart
- hsb
- Lěsna mjetelica, Lěsna mjetlica
- Hungarian
- Erdei tündérfürt
- Italian
- Barba di capra
- Japanese
- ヤマブキショウマ
- Korean
- 눈개승마
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Skogskjegg
- os
- Сырды хос
- Polish
- Parzydło leśne
- Russian
- Волжанка обыкновенная
- Slovak
- Udatník lesný
- Slovenian
- Navadno kresničevje
- Swedish
- Plymspirea
- Turkish
- Gelinpüskülü, Gelin püskülü
- Welsh
- Barf y bwch
Synonyms
- Actaea dioica Walter
- Aruncus dioicus var. kamtschaticus (Maxim.) H.Hara
- Aruncus kamtschaticus Rydb.
- Aruncus kamtschaticus var. tomentosus (Koidz.) Miyabe & Tatew.
- Aruncus sylvester Kostel.
- Aruncus sylvester var. kamtschaticus Maxim.
- Aruncus sylvestris Kostel. ex Opiz
- Aruncus sylvestris Kostel. ex Maxim.
- Astilbe aruncus Trev.
- Ulmaria arunca (L.) Hill
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 1,025 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: introduced, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Peyton Phelps, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sylvain Montagner, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: José Garrido, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User:Tigerente, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Илья Руденко, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gavin Slater, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jennifer Harris, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Radio Tonreg from Vienna, Austria, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.