Oleaceae
Velvet ash
Fraxinus velutina
- Family
- Oleaceae
- Genus
- Fraxinus
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Common names
By language (9)
- Arabic
- مران مخملي
- arz
- مران مخملى
- Azerbaijani
- Məxməri göyrüş
- Chinese
- 絨毛白蠟, 绒毛白蜡, 光叶毡毛梣, 杜氏毡毛梣, 毡毛梣, 绒毛梣, 津白蜡
- English
- Velvet ash, Arizona ash
- Finnish
- Samettisaarni
- German
- Arizona-Esche
- Japanese
- 絨毛白蝋
- Polish
- Jesion aksamitny
Synonyms
- Fraxinus americana var. coriacea (S.Watson) Wenz.
- Fraxinus americana var. pistaciifolia (Torr.) Wenz.
- Fraxinus attenuata M.E.Jones
- Fraxinus coriacea S.Watson
- Fraxinus pennsylvanica subsp. velutina (Torr.) G.S.Mill.
- Fraxinus pistaciifolia Torr.
- Fraxinus pistaciifolia var. coriacea (S.Watson) A.Gray
- Fraxinus pistaciifolia var. velutina (Torr.) Sudw.
- Fraxinus standleyi Rehder
- Fraxinus standleyi var. lasia Rehder
- Fraxinus toumeyi Britton
- Fraxinus velutina var. coriacea (S.Watson) Rehder
- Fraxinus velutina var. glabra Rehder
- Fraxinus velutina var. glabrata Lingelsh.
- Fraxinus velutina var. toumeyi (Britton) Rehder
- Fraxinus velutina var. typica Lingelsh.
- Fraxinus velutina var. velutina
Flowers
- In flower
- March to April, September (from 13 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Gabriel Campbell-Martinez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Miwasatoshi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Peter Brastow, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sue Carnahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: William Harmon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alan Weakley, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bruce Hartman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Black ashFraxinus nigraOleaceae
- Chinese ashFraxinus chinensisOleaceae
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- Blue ashFraxinus quadrangulataOleaceae
- Carolina ashFraxinus carolinianaOleaceae
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.