Rhamnaceae

Colletia hystrix Clos

Family: Rhamnaceae
Genus: Colletia

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Colletia hystrix (Colletia hystrix) — FlowerPhoto: Bruno Avilez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (2)

Chinese: 硬刺筒萼木
Estonian: Astel-ankurtürn

Synonyms

Colletia aciculata Miers
Colletia armata Miers
Colletia armata f. subglabra Sealy
Colletia brevispina Phil.
Colletia cataphracta Miers
Colletia dumosa Miers
Colletia ferox var. dumosa Suess.
Colletia ferox var. veprecula Suess.
Colletia hystrix var. brevispina (Phil.) Reiche
Colletia hystrix var. hystrix
Colletia pungens Miers
Colletia spinosa var. armata Reiche
Colletia spinosa var. cataphracta Reiche
Colletia spinosa var. pungens (Miers) Reiche
Colletia spinosa var. valdiviana (Phil.) Reiche
Colletia spinosa var. veprecula Reiche
Colletia spinosissima var. valdiviana (Phil.) Escal. ex Reichert
Colletia tomentosa Phil.
Colletia valdiviana Phil.
Colletia veprecula Miers
Discaria dumosa (Miers) Kuntze
Notophaena tomentosa (Phil.) Miers

Flowers

In flower: January to May, August to September (from 133 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Bruno Avilez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Cody Hinchliff, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Paula Zermoglio, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Cesar Ormazabal, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Constanza Vargas Villegas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Cesar Ormazabal, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Samuel Gonzalez Ariztia, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Cesar Ormazabal, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Cesar Ormazabal, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Cesar Ormazabal, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Felipe Horton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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). About our plant data.