Nyctaginaceae
Smooth devil's-claws
Pisonia rotundata
- Family
- Nyctaginaceae
- Genus
- Pisonia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Smooth devil's-claws
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 18 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
LeavesPhoto: Tom Field, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Adam Smith, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: J. L. Gómez-Hechavarría, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Riley Pollom, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Kenrick Gibson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thomas Irvine, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Scott Ward, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: John Kenrick Gibson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Michelle Sevcovas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Riley Pollom, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tom Field, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Michael W Belitz, CC0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification 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.