Magnoliaceae
Umbrella-tree
Magnolia tripetala
- Family
- Magnoliaceae
- Genus
- Magnolia
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Common names
By language (11)
- arz
- ماجنوليا ثلاثيه
- Chinese
- 三瓣木兰
- Czech
- Šácholan tříplátečný, Šácholan trojplátečný, Magnólie trojplátečná, Magnólie tříplátečná
- English
- Umbrella-tree, Umbrella magnolia
- Estonian
- Varimagnoolia
- French
- Magnolier parasol
- German
- Schirm-Magnolie
- Hungarian
- Ernyős liliomfa
- Lithuanian
- Triskiautė magnolija
- Russian
- Магнолия трёхлепестная, Магнолия трехлепестная
- Swedish
- Paraplymagnolia
Synonyms
- Houpoea tripetala (L.) Sima, S.G.Lu, N.H.Xia & C.Y.Wu
- Kobus tripetala (L.) P.Parm.
- Magnolia frondosa Salisb.
- Magnolia michauxii Frazer ex Thouin
- Magnolia umbellata Steud.
- Magnolia umbrella Desr.
- Magnolia umbrella var. tripetala (L.) P.Parm.
- Magnolia virginiana var. tripetala L.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Martyn Drabik-Hamshare, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AfroBrazilian, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrew Conboy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hill Craddock, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: odawgie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daniel J. Layton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Leonora, CC BY-SA 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.