Anacardiaceae
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Cotinus coggygria
- Family
- Anacardiaceae
- Genus
- Cotinus
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Common names
By language (36)
- Arabic
- دخانية سماقية
- arz
- دخانيه سماقيه
- Azerbaijani
- Koqqiqriya sarağanı
- Belarusian
- Скумпія кагігрыя
- Bulgarian
- Обикновена смрадлика
- Catalan
- Fustet
- Chinese
- 黃櫨, 黄栌, 黄栌根, 欧黄栌, 毛黃櫨, 毛黄栌, 粉背黄栌, 粉背黄栌（变种）
- Croatian
- Rujevina
- Czech
- Ruj vlasatá
- Danish
- Parykbusk
- Dutch
- Pruikenboom, Pruikeboom
- English
- European smoketree
- Esperanto
- Eŭrazia kotino, Perukarbedo
- Finnish
- Puuteriperuukkipensas
- French
- Arbre à perruques, Barbe de Jupiter, Barbe-de-Jupiter, Coquecigrue, Fustet, Fustet commun, Marabout, Sumac des teinturiers
- Georgian
- Თრიმლი
- German
- Perückenstrauch, Gewöhnlicher Perückenstrauch, Fisetholzlack, Färbersumach
- Greek
- Κότινος ο κογγύγριος
- Hebrew
- קוטינוס מזרחי, עץ עשן, שיח עשן
- hsb
- Wšědny parukownik, Włosencowy sumak
- Hungarian
- Sárga cserszömörce
- Japanese
- ハグマノキ, スモークツリー
- Lithuanian
- Europinis pūkenis
- lmo
- Rös
- lzh
- 黃櫨
- Macedonian
- Обичен руј
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Parykkbusk
- os
- Тырымылы
- Persian
- درخت پر
- Polish
- Perukowiec podolski
- Russian
- Скумпия кожевенная, Скумпия обыкновенная
- Serbian (Latin)
- Obični ruj
- Slovak
- Škumpa vlasatá
- Slovenian
- Navadni ruj
- Swedish
- Perukbuske
- Ukrainian
- Скумпія звичайна, Райдерево
Synonyms
- Cotinus cinerea (Engl.) F.A.Barkley
- Cotinus coggygria f. atropurpureus (Burv.) Geerinck
- Cotinus coggygria f. pendulus (Burv.) C.K.Schneid.
- Cotinus coggygria subsp. glabra H.Kaur & M.Sharma
- Cotinus coggygria var. chengkouensis Y.T.Wu
- Cotinus coggygria var. cinereus Engl.
- Cotinus coggygria var. glaucophylla C.Y.Wu
- Cotinus coggygria var. laevis (Wall. ex G.Don) Engl.
- Cotinus coggygria var. parvifolia Beck
- Cotinus coggygria var. pendulus (Burv.) Dippel
- Cotinus coggygria var. pubescens Engl.
- Cotinus coggygria var. velutinus (Wall. ex G.Don) Engl.
- Cotinus coriaria Duhamel
- Cotinus cotinus (L.) Sarg.
- Cotinus ellipticus Raf.
- Cotinus velutina (Engl.) F.A.Barkley
- Rhus cotina St.-Lag.
- Rhus cotinus L.
- Rhus laevis Wall. ex G.Don
- Rhus obovatifolia Stokes
- Rhus simplicifolia Salisb.
- Rhus velutina Wall.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to July (from 140 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Nikita Gerasin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dr. Guido Bohne, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Henry "Nick" Robertson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Drepanostoma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Pantazi Katerina, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Grzegorz Grzejszczak, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: LIght Dim, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oleksandr Shynder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Максим Шумских, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kor!An, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.