Fagaceae

Downy oak

Quercus pubescens Willd.

Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus

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Downy oak (Quercus pubescens) — FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (40)

Arabic: سنديان وبري
arz: سنديان وبرى
Azerbaijani: Tüklü palıd
Basque: Haritz ilaundun, Ametz ilaundun
Belarusian: Дуб пухнаты
Bosnian: Hrast medunac
Bulgarian: Космат дъб
Catalan: Roure martinenc
Chinese: 柔毛栎
Croatian: Hrast medunac
Czech: Dub pýřitý, Dub šipák, Dub šípák, Šípák
Danish: Dun-Eg
Dutch: Donzige eik
English: Downy oak, Italian oak
Estonian: Karvane tamm
Faroese: Dún-Eik
Finnish: Nukkatammi
French: Chene pubescent, Chêne pubescent
Galician: Carballo pubescente
German: Flaumeiche, Flaum-Eiche
Greek: Χνοώδης βελανιδιά, Χνουδοβελανιδιά, Χνουδωτή βελανιδιά
Hebrew: אלון לביד
hsb: Mjechki dub, Móškojty dub
Hungarian: Molyhos tölgy
Icelandic: Loðeik
Italian: Roverella, Roverelle
Latvian: Pūkainais ozols
Macedonian: Благун, Даб благун
nap: Cèrkua
Norwegian Bokmål: Duneik
Polish: Dąb omszony
Romanian: Stejar pufos
Russian: Дуб пушистый, Дуб анатолийский, Дуб купчавый
Serbian: Medunac, Медунац
Slovak: Dub plstnatý
Slovenian: Puhasti hrast
Spanish: Quejiguera, Roble enano, Roble pubescente, Robledilla
Turkish: Tüylü meşe
Ukrainian: Дуб пухнастий, Дуб пухнатий
Welsh: Derwen yr Eidal

Synonyms

Quercus adjecta Gand.
Quercus admixta Gand.
Quercus aegilops var. pendula Neill
Quercus alba var. pubescens (Willd.) Willd.
Quercus ambigua Kit. ex Rochel
Quercus amblyodes Gand.
Quercus amplissima Gand.
Quercus ampulleana Gand.
Quercus annexa Gand.
Quercus anxiosa Gand.
Quercus authemanii Gand.
Quercus bertolonii Gand.
Quercus brachyphylloides Vuk.
Quercus brandisii (Vuk.) Vuk.
Quercus brevipedunculata var. pubescens (Willd.) Cariot & St.-Lag.
Quercus brutiorum Gand.
Quercus buccarana Vuk.
Quercus calabrica Gand.
Quercus calcarea Gand.
Quercus catalaunica Sennen
Quercus cerris Pall.
Quercus chaberti Gand.
Quercus chymodon Gand.
Quercus cistetorum Gand.
Quercus conobalana Gand.
Quercus crassiuscula Gand.
Quercus crenifolia Gand.
Quercus croatica Vuk.
Quercus dalechampii var. parvifolia Lojac.
Quercus dalmatica Radic
Quercus dalmatica f. biokovensis Radic
Quercus dalmatica f. fratris-marci Radic
Quercus dalmatica f. fratris-zorani Radic
Quercus dalmatica f. parathalassias Radic
Quercus dalmatica subsp. biokovensis Radic
Quercus dalmatica subsp. parathalassias Radic
Quercus dalmatica var. biokovensis Radic
Quercus dalmatica var. fratris-marci Radic
Quercus dalmatica var. fratris-zorani Radic
Quercus densifolia Gand.

and 153 more.

Flowers

In flower: April (from 35 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: pavlaki1968, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Samuele Papeschi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Francesco Santoro, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
LeavesPhoto: Naturalista, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Etrusko25, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Buzeba, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Михаил Орлов, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Grzegorz Grzejszczak, CC BY-SA 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). About our plant data.