Thymelaeaceae
Oriental paperbush
Edgeworthia chrysantha
- Family
- Thymelaeaceae
- Genus
- Edgeworthia
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Common names
By language (9)
- Chinese
- 結香, 结香, 三叉树, 三桠皮, 山棉皮, 岩泽兰, 打结花, 梦花
- Czech
- Micumata
- English
- Oriental paperbush
- German
- Mitsumata
- Italian
- Arbusto della carta, Bastone di San Giuseppe
- Japanese
- ミツマタ, 三椏
- Korean
- 삼지닥나무
- mnc
- ᠮᠠᠮᡦᡳᠩᡤᠠ ᡳᠯᡥᠠ
- Persian
- میتسوماتا
Synonyms
- Daphne papyracia Koehne
- Daphne papyrifera Siebold
- Edgeworthia papyrifera Siebold & Zucc.
- Edgeworthia tomentosa (Thunb.) Nakai
- Magnolia sericea Thunb.
- Magnolia tomentosa Thunb.
- Yulania tomentosa (Thunb.) D.L.Fu
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Σ64, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rolf Engstrand, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Gentiana, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
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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.