Escalloniaceae
Redclaws
Escallonia rubra
- Family
- Escalloniaceae
- Genus
- Escallonia
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Common names
By language (6)
- Azerbaijani
- Qırmızı eskalloniya
- Chinese
- 粉红南鼠刺
- Danish
- Rød Eskallonia, Rød Eskallonie
- English
- Redclaws, Escallonia
- Hungarian
- Vörös kőtörőcserje
- kw
- Kewydh rudh
Synonyms
- Escallonia rubra var. poeppigiana Reiche
- Stereoxylon rubrum Ruiz & Pav.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: pru Hamed, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Lazaregagnidze, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: conapa técnico, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: conapa técnico, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: conapa técnico, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: George Florin Musa, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, 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.