Rutaceae

Burning bush

Dictamnus albus L.

Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Dictamnus

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Burning bush (Dictamnus albus) — FlowerPhoto: Karsten Rohweder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (39)

Arabic: الدقتمون الأبيض, دكتمون أبيض, لسان العصفور الكذاب
Azerbaijani: Ağ alışan
Bulgarian: Бял росен, Росен, Dictamnus
Catalan: Lletimó, Fraxinelle
Chinese: 南欧白鲜, 南歐白鮮, 白鲜属, 新疆白鲜, 新疆白藓, 羊鲜草
Croatian: Jasenak
Czech: Třemdava bílá, Třemdava, Třemdava turkestánská
Danish: Hvid Diktam
Dutch: Vuurwerkplant
English: Burning bush, Gasplant, False dittany, Fraxinella, White dittany
Esperanto: Diktamno
Estonian: Valge moosesepõõsas, Valge diktamnus
Finnish: Mooseksenpalavapensas
French: Fraxinelle, Dictame blanc
Georgian: Იფნურა
German: Diptam, Gewöhnlicher Diptam, Fraxinelle, Gemeiner Diptam
Hebrew: דיקמטנוס לבן
hsb: Běła drěwda, Drěwda
Hungarian: Nagyezerjófű, Kőrislevelű nagyezerjófű
io: Diktamo
Italian: Dittamo, Frassinella, Limonella
Japanese: ハクセン, はくせん, ハクセン属
Kazakh: Küýmesgül, Күймесгүл, كۇيمەسگۇل
Korean: 백선, 백선속, 봉삼
Lithuanian: Fraxinelle
Macedonian: Бел русан, Бел рузјан
Norwegian Bokmål: Askrot
Occitan: Dictam
Persian: ونک
Polish: Dyptam jesionolistny
Russian: Ясенец белый, Ясенец узколистный
Serbian: Јасенак
Slovak: Jasenec biely
Slovenian: Navadni jesenček
Spanish: Gitam, Chitan, Dictamo, Dictamo real, Diptamo, Díctamo, Díptamo, Fraxinela
Swedish: Moses brinnande buske, Diptam, Fraxinelle, Mose brinnande buske
Thai: Dictamnus
Turkish: Gazel otu
Ukrainian: Ясенець білий

Synonyms

Dictamnus albus subsp. caucasicus (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) N.A.Winter
Dictamnus albus subsp. dasycarpus (Turcz.) Kitag.
Dictamnus albus subsp. gymnostylis (Steven) N.A.Winter
Dictamnus albus subsp. turkestanicus N.A.Winter
Dictamnus albus var. albiflos (Rchb.) J.Compton & Akeroyd
Dictamnus albus var. bucharicus N.A.Winter
Dictamnus albus var. caucasicus (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Rouy & Foucaud
Dictamnus albus var. gynodynamicus Beck
Dictamnus albus var. macedonicus Borbás
Dictamnus altaicus Fisch. ex Royle
Dictamnus angustifolius Sweet
Dictamnus caucasicus (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Fisch. ex Grossh.
Dictamnus dasycarpus f. velutinus (Nakai) W.Lee
Dictamnus dasycarpus var. velutinus Nakai
Dictamnus davuricus hort.
Dictamnus fraxinella Pers.
Dictamnus fraxinella var. albiflos Rchb.
Dictamnus fraxinella var. caucasica Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
Dictamnus generalis E.H.L.Krause
Dictamnus gymnostylis Steven
Dictamnus himalayanus Royle
Dictamnus himalayensis Royle
Dictamnus macedonicus (Borbás) Pénzes
Dictamnus major hort. ex Vilmorin
Dictamnus microphyllus Schur
Dictamnus obtusiflorus W.D.J.Koch
Dictamnus odorus Salisb.
Dictamnus sessilis Wallr.
Dictamnus solitarius Stokes
Dictamnus suffultus Wallr.
Dictamnus tadshikorum Vved.
Fraxinella alba (L.) Gaertn.
Fraxinella dictamnus Moench

Flowers

In flower: May to June (from 1,228 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Karsten Rohweder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Veljo Runnel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: mnauky, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Michael Andresek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Bastien Alegot, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Roland Gromes, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, 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.