Platanaceae
California sycamore
Platanus racemosa
- Family
- Platanaceae
- Genus
- Platanus
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Common names
By language (12)
- Arabic
- دلب كاليفورني
- arz
- دلب كاليفورنى
- Croatian
- Kalifornijska platana
- English
- California sycamore
- German
- Kalifornische Platane
- Greek
- Πλάτανος της Καλιφόρνιας
- Hebrew
- דולב קליפורני
- hsb
- Čećikata platana
- Persian
- چنار خوشهای
- Polish
- Platan kalifornijski
- Russian
- Платан кистистый
- Turkish
- Kaliforniya çınarı, California çınarı
Synonyms
- Platanus californica Benth.
- Platanus orientalis var. racemosa (Nutt.) Kuntze
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Downtowngal, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 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.