Magnoliaceae
Star magnolia
Magnolia stellata
- Family
- Magnoliaceae
- Genus
- Magnolia
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Common names
By language (16)
- Arabic
- ماغنوليا نجمية, قسوس, مغنوليا نجمية, مغنولية نجمية الزهر
- arz
- ماغنوليا نجميه
- Bulgarian
- Звездна магнолия
- Catalan
- Magnòlia estrellada
- Chinese
- 星花木兰, 星花木蘭, 日本毛木兰, 星花玉兰, 日本毛木蘭
- Czech
- Šácholan hvězdovitý, Magnólie hvězdokvětá, Magnólie hvězdovitá, Šácholan hvězdokvětý
- Danish
- Stjerne-Magnolia, Stjerne Magnolia, Stjerne-Magnolie, Stjernemagnolia
- English
- Star magnolia
- German
- Stern-Magnolie, Sternmagnolie
- Hungarian
- Csillagvirágú liliomfa
- Japanese
- シデコブシ, ヒメコブシ
- Korean
- 별목련
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Stjernemagnolia
- Russian
- Магнолия звёздчатая, Магнолия звездчатая
- Swedish
- Stjärnmagnolia
- udm
- Кизили сяськаё магнолия
Synonyms
- Buergeria stellata Siebold & Zucc.
- Magnolia halleana Anon.
- Magnolia keiskei (Makino) Ihrig
- Magnolia kobus f. rosea (Veitch ex Hu) Blackburn
- Magnolia kobus f. stellata (Siebold & Zucc.) Blackburn
- Magnolia kobus f. stellata (Siebold & Zucc.) Maxim.
- Magnolia kobus var. stellata (Siebold & Zucc.) Blackburn
- Magnolia rosea (Veitch ex Hu) Ihrig
- Magnolia simi Siebold ex Miq.
- Magnolia stellata f. rosea (J.H.Veitch) Schelle
- Magnolia stellata var. keiskei Makino
- Magnolia stellata var. rosea Veitch ex Hu
- Magnolia stellata var. rosea J.H.Veitch
- Magnolia velutina P.Parm.
- Talauma stellata (Siebold & Zucc.) Miq.
- Yulania stellata N.H.Xia
- Yulania stellata (Siebold & Zucc.) Sima & S.G.Lu
Flowers
- In flower
- March to April (from 9 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Myrabella, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael Gwyther-Jones from UK, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Irene Grassi from Italy, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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.