Magnoliaceae
Kobus magnolia
Magnolia kobus
- Family
- Magnoliaceae
- Genus
- Magnolia
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Common names
By language (20)
- Arabic
- مغنولية كوبوس
- Armenian
- Մագնոլիա կոբուս
- arz
- مغنوليه كوبوس
- Azerbaijani
- Kobus maqnoliyası
- Belarusian
- Магнолія кобус, Магнолія японская
- Chinese
- 日本辛夷, 皱叶木兰
- Czech
- Šácholan japonský, Magnólie japonská
- English
- Kobus magnolia, Kobushi magnolia, Northern Japanese magnolia
- Estonian
- Hondo magnoolia
- Finnish
- Japaninmagnolia
- German
- Kobushi-Magnolie, Baummagnolie
- Hungarian
- Japán liliomfa, Fehér liliomfa
- Japanese
- コブシ, キタコブシ, シンイ, 拳, 辛夷
- koi
- Кобуши магнолия
- Korean
- 목련
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Snømagnolia
- Russian
- Магнолия кобус, Магнолия кобуси
- Slovenian
- Kobuši magnolija
- Swedish
- Japansk magnolia
- udm
- Кобуши магнолия
Synonyms
- Buergeria obovata Siebold & Zucc.
- Magnolia borealis (Sarg.) Kudô
- Magnolia kobus f. horisontalidivaricata V.V.Byalt & Firsov
- Magnolia kobus var. borealis Sarg.
- Magnolia kobushi Mayr
- Magnolia praecocissima Koidz.
- Magnolia pseudokobus S.Abe & Akasawa
- Magnolia thurberi G.Nicholson
- Michelia gracilis Kostel.
- Talauma obovata (Siebold & Zucc.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Hance
- Yulania kobus (DC.) Spach
Flowers
- In flower
- March to April (from 29 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Bill Keim, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mark Apgar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marco Mussita, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vojtěch Zavadil, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vojtěch Zavadil, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marco Mussita, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vojtěch Zavadil, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Joanna Boisse, 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.