Cupressaceae

Sawara cypress

Chamaecyparis pisifera (Siebold & Zucc.) Endl.

Family: Cupressaceae
Genus: Chamaecyparis

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Common names

By language (27)

azb: نوخودمئیوهلی سروپری
Azerbaijani: Noxudmeyvəli sərvpəri
ba: Борсаҡ емешле кипарис
Catalan: Xiprer de Sawara
Chinese: 日本花柏, 五彩松, 羽叶花柏
Czech: Cypřišek hrachonosný
Danish: Ærtecypres
English: Sawara cypress, Sawara-cypress
Finnish: Hernesypressi
German: Sawara-Scheinzypresse, Erbsenfrüchtige Scheinzypresse, Faden-Scheinzypresse
hsb: Štapata cypresa
Hungarian: Szavara hamisciprus
Icelandic: Ertusýprus
Japanese: サワラ, ヒムロ杉, 椹, 檜榁
Korean: 화백나무
Lithuanian: Žirniasėklis puskiparisis, Žirniavaisis puskiparisis
Malayalam: ചമേസിപാരിസ് പിസിഫെറ
Norwegian Bokmål: Ertesypress, Sawara, Sawarasypress
Persian: سرو ریسمان سبز
Polish: Cyprysik groszkowy
Portuguese: Cipreste-sawara, Cipreste sawara, Tuia azul, Tuia macarrão
Russian: Кипарисовик горохоплодный
Slovenian: Graškasta pacipresa, Graškasta cipresa
Spanish: Cameciparis Sawara, Camecíparis Sawara, Cipres de guisantes, Cipres de Hondo, Cipres pisifero, Ciprés de guisantes, Ciprés de Hondo, Ciprés pisífero
Swedish: Ärtcypress
Turkish: Sawara Yalancı Servisi
Welsh: Cypreswydden Sawara

Synonyms

Chamaecyparis filifera Veitch ex Sénécl.
Chamaecyparis leptoclada (Endl.) Henkel & W.Hochst.
Chamaecyparis obtusa var. plumosa Carrière
Chamaecyparis pisifera f. aurea (Gordon) Rehder
Chamaecyparis pisifera f. aurea-nana Beissn.
Chamaecyparis pisifera f. filifera (Veitch ex Sénécl.) Voss
Chamaecyparis pisifera f. filifera-aurea Beissn.
Chamaecyparis pisifera f. filifera-aureovariegata Beissn.
Chamaecyparis pisifera f. leptoclada (Endl.) Rehder
Chamaecyparis pisifera f. minima Hornibr.
Chamaecyparis pisifera f. plumosa (Carrière) Beissn.
Chamaecyparis pisifera f. squarrosa (Siebold & Zucc.) Beissn. & Hochst.
Chamaecyparis pisifera f. standishii Beissn.
Chamaecyparis pisifera f. sulphurea (A.H.Kent) Rehder
Chamaecyparis pisifera var. filicoides Regel
Chamaecyparis pisifera var. filifera (Veitch ex Sénécl.) Hartwig & Rümpler
Chamaecyparis pisifera var. filifera-pendula Nash
Chamaecyparis pisifera var. filiformis (R.Sm.) Beissn.
Chamaecyparis pisifera var. pendula (Mast.) Zederb.
Chamaecyparis pisifera var. plumosa (Carrière) Ed.Otto
Chamaecyparis plumosa (Carrière) Sénécl.
Chamaecyparis plumosa var. argentea Sénécl.
Chamaecyparis squarrosa (Siebold & Zucc.) Endl.
Chamaecyparis squarrosa var. leptoclada Endl.
Chamaecyparis squarrosa var. sulphurea G.Nicholson
Cupressus leptoclada (Endl.) Lavallée
Cupressus obtusa var. plumosa-argentea Lavallée
Cupressus obtusa var. plumosa-aurea Lavallée
Cupressus pisifera (Siebold & Zucc.) F.Muell.
Cupressus pisifera f. pendula Mast.
Cupressus pisifera var. filiera (Veitch ex Sénécl.) Lavallée
Cupressus pisifera var. plumosa (Carrière) Lavallée
Cupressus pisifera var. plumosa (Carrière) Geerinck
Cupressus pisifera var. sulphurea A.H.Kent
Cupressus squarrosa (Siebold & Zucc.) Ravenscr.
Cupressus squarrosa Lawson ex Gordon
Retinispora aurea (Gordon) de Vos
Retinispora filifera (Veitch ex Sénécl.) Fowler
Retinispora leptoclada (Endl.) Zucc. ex Gordon
Retinispora pisifera Siebold & Zucc.

and 8 more.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

Photo: Original: Raita Futo from Tokyo, Japan; this edit: User:MPF, 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.