Anacardiaceae
Winged sumac
Rhus copallinum
- Family
- Anacardiaceae
- Genus
- Rhus
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 亮葉漆樹, 亮叶漆树
- English
- Winged sumac
- Russian
- Сумах копаловый
- Slovenian
- Dišeči octovec
Synonyms
- Rhus copallinum f. angustialata Engl.
- Rhus copallinum f. copallinum
- Rhus copallinum f. crispa Farw.
- Rhus copallinum f. frondosa Fernald
- Rhus copallinum f. integrifolia Engl.
- Rhus copallinum f. latialata Engl.
- Rhus copallinum f. serrata Engl.
- Rhus copallinum subsp. leucantha (Jacq.) A.E.Murray
- Rhus copallinum var. angustifolia Engl.
- Rhus copallinum var. arborescens Demcker
- Rhus copallinum var. copallinum
- Rhus copallinum var. extensa Sprenger
- Rhus copallinum var. latifolia Engl.
- Rhus copallinum var. leucantha (Jacq.) DC.
- Rhus copallinum var. nesophila House
- Rhus copallinum var. obtusifolia (Small) Fernald & Griscom
- Rhus copallinum var. salicifolia Demcker
- Rhus lentiscifolia Stokes
- Rhus leucantha Jacq.
- Rhus obtusifolia Small
- Rhus pistachiifolia Salisb.
- Schmaltzia copallina (L.) Small
- Schmaltzia leucantha (Jacq.) Small
- Schmaltzia obtusifolia Small
- Sumacus copallina (L.) Raf.
- Sumacus montana Raf.
- Toxicodendron copallinum (L.) Kuntze
- Toxicodendron copallinum var. latifolium (Engl.) Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- July to August (from 1,084 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- 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
FlowerPhoto: Becky Dill, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jay Pruett, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Allen Browne, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Becky Dill, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Ira Gershenhorn, CC0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael J. Papay, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Riverbanks Outdoor Store from New Port Richey, FL, United States, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: En el nido, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thomas Koffel, 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.