Pinaceae
Singleleaf pinyon
Pinus monophylla
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Genus
- Pinus
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Common names
By language (17)
- Arabic
- صنوبر أحادي الورق
- arz
- صنوبر احادى الورق
- Chinese
- 落磯山麨始松, 单叶果松, 內華達麨始松, 獨針麨始松, 落磯山獨針松
- Czech
- Borovice jednolistá
- English
- Singleleaf pinyon, One-leaved nut pine, Single leaf pinyon pine, Single-leaf pinyon
- Esperanto
- Unufolia pino
- Estonian
- Üheokkaline mänd
- Finnish
- Bajanmänty
- German
- Einblättrige Kiefer
- Hebrew
- אורן חד-מחטי
- Hungarian
- Egylevelű fenyő
- Icelandic
- Nálarfura
- io
- Un-foliala pino
- Italian
- Pino ad ago singolo
- Japanese
- アメリカヒトツバマツ
- Polish
- Sosna jednoigielna
- Romanian
- Pin cu o singură frunză
Synonyms
- Caryopitys monophylla (Torr. & Frém.) Rydb.
- Pinus californiarum D.K.Bailey
- Pinus californiarum subsp. fallax (Little) D.K.Bailey
- Pinus cembroides subsp. monophylla (Torr. & Frém.) A.E.Murray
- Pinus cembroides var. monophylla (Torr. & Frém.) Voss
- Pinus edulis var. fallax Little
- Pinus edulis var. monophylla (Torr. & Frém.) Torr.
- Pinus fallax (Little) Businsky
- Pinus fremontiana Endl.
- Pinus monophylla subsp. californiarum (D.K.Bailey) Silba
- Pinus monophylla subsp. fallax (Little) Silba
- Pinus monophylla var. californiarum (D.K.Bailey) Silba
- Pinus monophylla var. fallax (Little) Silba
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Toxicity: Slight, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
Photo: Dcrjsr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Max Miley, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: iambaileylou, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Cy Stavros, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Justin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: paulexcoff, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Steve Matson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: B Jaeger-Stanley, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jackson Irvin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bob Walker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.