Rutaceae
Common hoptree
Ptelea trifoliata
- Family
- Rutaceae
- Genus
- Ptelea
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Common names
By language (19)
- Arabic
- دردار السامرة الثلاثي الوريقات, دردار ذو ثلاث ورقات
- Armenian
- Պտելեյա եռատերև
- Azerbaijani
- Üçyarpaq pteleya
- Belarusian
- Вязавік трохлісты, Птэлея трохлістая
- Chinese
- 三叶椒, 三葉椒, 榆橘, 鲍尔温榆橘, 齿叶榆橘
- Czech
- Křídlatec trojlistý
- Danish
- Kløver-Læderkrone
- English
- Common hoptree, Stinking ash, Wafer ash, Ague bark, Carolina shrub-trefoil, Paleleaf hoptree, Prairie-grub, Prickaway anise
- Finnish
- Humalalaikkio, Ptelea
- French
- Ptelea
- German
- Kleeulme, Dreiblättriger Lederstrauch
- Hungarian
- Hármaslevelű alásfa
- Japanese
- ホップノキ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Humlebusk
- Persian
- خاکستر زننده
- Polish
- Parczelina trójlistkowa
- Russian
- Птелея трёхлистная, Вязовник трёхлисточковый, Кожанка, Кожинка, Птелея трёхлисточковая
- Serbian
- Птелеа
- Ukrainian
- Птелея трилиста
Synonyms
- Dodonaea trifoliata (L.) Trew
- Ptelea trifoliata f. trifoliata
- Ptelea trifoliata var. trifoliata
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Georg Slickers, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Katrin Schneider / korina.info, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Annabell Hormann / korina.info, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.