Anacardiaceae
American smoketree
Cotinus obovatus
- Family
- Anacardiaceae
- Genus
- Cotinus
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Common names
By language (5)
- Arabic
- دخانية بيضاوية
- Chinese
- 美国黄栌
- English
- American smoketree
- Esperanto
- Amerika kotino
- hsb
- Ameriski parukownik
Synonyms
- Cotinus americanus Nutt.
- Cotinus cotinoides (Nutt. ex Chapm.) Britton
- Cotinus retusus Raf.
- Rhus cotinoides Chapm.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Charles T. Bryson, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: cassiebrockman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Charles T. Bryson, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Brittany, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Charles T. Bryson, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Charles T. Bryson, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.