Pinaceae
Colorado pinyon
Pinus edulis
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Genus
- Pinus
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Common names
By language (13)
- Arabic
- صنوبر مأكول
- arz
- صنوبر ماكول
- Chinese
- 納瓦霍麨始松, 科罗拉多果松, 二針麨始松, 科羅拉多沼澤松, 科羅拉多麨始松, 美國可食松
- Czech
- Borovice jedlá, Borovice coloradská, Borovice sladká
- English
- Colorado pinyon, Pinyon pine, Twoneedle pinyon, Two-needle pinyon pine, Piñon, Two-needle piñon
- Estonian
- Kaljumägede mänd, Pinjon
- Hebrew
- אורן דו-מחטי
- Japanese
- コロラドピニョンマツ
- koi
- Колорадоись пожум
- Persian
- کاج کلرادو
- Romanian
- Pin de Colorado
- Russian
- Сосна колорадская, Colorado Pinyon, Сосна съедобная
- udm
- Колорадоысь пужым
Synonyms
- Caryopitys edulis (Engelm.) Small
- Pinus cembroides subsp. edulis (Engelm.) A.E.Murray
- Pinus cembroides var. edulis (Engelm.) Voss
- Pinus monophylla var. edulis (Engelm.) M.E.Jones
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kate Harper, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Phillip Wolff, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alan Prather, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: paddy_28, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Anders Hastings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: paddy_28, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Rachel Stringham, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.