Elaeagnaceae

Autumn olive

Elaeagnus umbellata Thunb.

Family: Elaeagnaceae
Genus: Elaeagnus

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Autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata) — FlowerPhoto: Bill Keim, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (18)

Azerbaijani: Çətirvari iydə
Chinese: 小葉胡頹子, 牛奶子, 倒卵葉胡頹子, 剪子果, 甜枣, 麦粒子, 小叶胡颓子
Czech: Hlošina okoličnatá
Danish: Skærm-Sølvblad
English: Autumn olive
Estonian: Sarik-hõbepuu
Georgian: Ქოლგა ფშატი
German: Korallen-Ölweide
Italian: Korallen-Ölweide
Japanese: アキグミ
Korean: 보리수나무
Persian: نقرهتوت ژاپنی
Polish: Oliwnik baldaszkowy
Russian: Лох зонтичный
Serbian: Штитаста дафина
Swedish: Koreansk silverbuske
Turkish: Japon iğdesi
Welsh: Oleaster

Flowers

In flower: April to May (from 3,001 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Flower colour: yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Bill Keim, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Tyler Ekholm, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: cigazze, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: wilderbombyx, CC0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: FATCAT, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Carrie Seltzer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: VoDeTan2 Dericks-Tan, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: The original uploader was Gmihail at Serbian Wikipedia ., CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Shawn, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification 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.