Rosaceae
Kerria
Kerria japonica
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Kerria
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Common names
By language (35)
- Arabic
- قشب اليابان
- Armenian
- Կերիա ճապոնական
- arz
- كيريا جابونيكا
- Bulgarian
- Японска керия
- Cantonese
- 棣棠
- Cebuano
- Kerria
- Chinese
- 棣棠花, 土黄条, 土黄花, 棣棠, 鸡蛋黄花
- Croatian
- Kerija
- Czech
- Zákula japonská, Keria japonica, Kerie, Zákula
- Danish
- Almindelig Ranunkelbusk
- Dutch
- Ranonkelstruik, Kerriestruik
- English
- Kerria, Japanese rose, Japanese kerria, Yellow rose
- Esperanto
- Kerio
- Estonian
- Jaapani kerria
- Finnish
- Kerria
- French
- Corète du Japon, Corete du Japon
- German
- Japanische Kerrie, Goldröschen, Kerrie, Ranunkelstrauch
- hsb
- Japanska kerija
- Hungarian
- Boglárkacserje
- Japanese
- ヤマブキ, やまぶき, ヤマブキ属, 山吹
- Korean
- 황매화, 황매화나무
- Lithuanian
- Kerija
- Malayalam
- കെരിയ ജപോനിക
- mnc
- ᠮᡠᡥᡝᡵᡳ ᡳᠯᡥᠠ
- Persian
- کریا
- Polish
- Złotlin japoński, Złotlin chiński
- Russian
- Керрия
- Slovak
- Kéria japonská
- Slovenian
- Japonska kerija
- Swedish
- Kerria, Fylld kerria, Kerriasläktet, Vitbrokig kerria
- Turkish
- Kanarya Gülü
- Ukrainian
- Керія японська
- Vietnamese
- Lệ đường
- war
- Kerria
- Welsh
- Cerria
Synonyms
- Corchorus japonicus Thunb.
- Kerria japonica f. albescens (Makino) Ohwi
- Kerria japonica f. aureovariegata (Rehder) Rehder
- Kerria japonica f. aureovittata (Hartwig & Rümpler) Rehder
- Kerria japonica f. picta (Siebold) Rehder
- Kerria japonica f. plena C.K.Schneid.
- Kerria japonica f. pleniflora (Witte) Rehder
- Kerria japonica f. semiplena Hayashi
- Kerria japonica f. stellata (Makino) Ohwi
- Kerria japonica f. typica Nakai
- Kerria japonica f. vittatoramosa Zabel
- Kerria japonica unranked argenteomarginatis Jacob-Makoy
- Kerria japonica unranked aureovariegata Bean
- Kerria japonica unranked variegata T.Moore
- Kerria japonica var. albescens Makino ex Koidz.
- Kerria japonica var. argenteovariegata Lem.
- Kerria japonica var. aureovariegata Rehder
- Kerria japonica var. aureovittata Hartwig & Rümpler
- Kerria japonica var. denticulata L.C.Wang & X.G.Sun
- Kerria japonica var. flore-pleno Wyman
- Kerria japonica var. floribus-plenis Siebold & Zucc.
- Kerria japonica var. floribus-simplicibus Siebold & Zucc.
- Kerria japonica var. foliis-variegatis Siebold & Zucc.
- Kerria japonica var. grandiflora Wyman
- Kerria japonica var. picta Siebold
- Kerria japonica var. plena (C.K.Schneid.) Makino
- Kerria japonica var. pleniflora Witte
- Kerria japonica var. stellata Makino
- Kerria japonica var. typica Makino
- Rubus japonicus L.
- Spiraea japonica (L.) Desv.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 433 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Luka S. (someplant), CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jeff Lahr, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Santiago Martín-Bravo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Timur Kalininsky, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Syced, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hrishikesh Bhaskaran, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Julien Lepage, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Piropiro77, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: mami_t_t, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AfroBrazilian, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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.