Fabaceae
Eastern redbud
Cercis canadensis
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Cercis
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Common names
By language (21)
- Arabic
- زمزريق كندي, البرعم الأحمر الشرقي
- arz
- زمزريق كندى
- Azerbaijani
- Kanada ərkəvanı
- Chinese
- 加拿大紫荆, 加拿大紫荊, 東部紫荊
- Croatian
- Kanadski judić
- Czech
- Zmarlika kanadská
- Dutch
- Eastern Redbud
- English
- Eastern redbud
- Finnish
- Amerikanjuudaksenpuu, Nuppupuu
- French
- Gainier du Canada
- German
- Kanadischer Judasbaum
- Hebrew
- כליל קנדי
- Hungarian
- Kanadai júdásfa
- Malayalam
- സെർസിസ് കാനാഡെൻസിസ്
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Amerikajudastre
- Persian
- درخت ارغوان
- Polish
- Judaszowiec kanadyjski
- Russian
- Церцис канадский
- Slovak
- Judášovec kanadský
- Slovenian
- Kanadski jadikovec
- Swedish
- Amerikanskt judasträd, Kanadensiskt judasträd
Synonyms
- Cercis canadensis f. canadensis
- Cercis canadensis var. canadensis
- Cercis canadensis var. typica M.Hopkins
- Siliquastrum canadense (L.) Medik.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 4,150 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Michael J. Papay, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Bob, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Whitney Mattila, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Nodnarb Nedloh, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Greg Hume, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Schubbay, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Turner Brockman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Judy Gallagher, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Annika Lindqvist, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: sonnia hill, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Herbert Bolton, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: sonnia hill, 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.