Anacardiaceae
Staghorn sumac
Rhus typhina
- Family
- Anacardiaceae
- Genus
- Rhus
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Common names
By language (34)
- Arabic
- سماق قرني
- arz
- سماق قرنى
- Azerbaijani
- Maralbuynuz sumaq
- Belarusian
- Сумах аленярогі, Воцатнае дрэва, Сумах воцатны, Сумах кароткавалосы, Сумах пушысты
- Bulgarian
- Влакнест шмак
- Catalan
- Sumac de Virginie
- Chinese
- 火炬树, 火炬樹, 火炬漆
- Croatian
- Kiseli ruj
- Czech
- Škumpa orobincová
- Danish
- Hjortetaktræ
- dsb
- Wósušyna
- Dutch
- Fluweelboom, Azijnboom
- English
- Staghorn sumac
- Estonian
- Harilik sumahh
- Finnish
- Samettisumakki
- French
- Sumac vinaigrier, Sumac de Virginie, Sumac amarante
- Georgian
- Ძმრის ხე
- German
- Essigbaum, Kolben-Sumach, Hirschkolben-Sumach, Sumac de Virginie
- hsb
- Kisałowy sumak, Kisałowc
- Hungarian
- Ecetfa, Ecetszömörce, Torzsás szömörce
- Japanese
- ルス・ティフィナ
- Latvian
- Etiķkoks
- Lithuanian
- Rūgštusis žagrenis, Sumac de Virginie
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Hjortesumak
- Persian
- سماق آمریکایی
- Polish
- Sumak odurzający, Sumak octowiec
- Romanian
- Oțetar roșu
- Russian
- Сумах оленерогий, Сумах коротковолосый, Сумах пушистый, Сумах уксусный, Уксусное дерево, Сумах оленерогий рассечённый, Сумах пушистый рассечённый
- Serbian
- Кисели руј
- Slovak
- Sumach pálkový
- Slovenian
- Octovec, Navadni octovec
- Spanish
- Zumaque de Virginia
- Swedish
- Rönnsumak, Fliksumak, Sumac de Virginie
- Welsh
- Siwmac
Synonyms
- Datisca hirta L.
- Rhus americana Dippel
- Rhus canadensis Mill.
- Rhus filicifolia Demcker
- Rhus gracilis hort. ex Engl.
- Rhus hirta (L.) Sudw.
- Rhus hirta f. dissecta (Rehder) Reveal
- Rhus hirta f. typhina (L.) Reveal
- Rhus hirta var. dissecta (Rehder) Nash
- Rhus hirta var. laciniata C.K.Schneid.
- Rhus hirta var. typhina (L.) Farw.
- Rhus hypselodendrum Moench
- Rhus typhia Crantz
- Rhus typhina f. dissecta Rehder
- Rhus typhina f. laciniata (Alph.Wood) Rehder
- Rhus typhina f. typhina
- Rhus typhina var. arborescens Willd.
- Rhus typhina var. filicifolia Demcker
- Rhus typhina var. filicina Sprenger
- Rhus typhina var. frutescens Willd.
- Rhus typhina var. laciniata Alph.Wood
- Rhus virginiana Garsault
- Rhus viridiflora Duhamel
- Schmaltzia hirta (L.) Small
- Toxicodendron typhinum (L.) Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 1,604 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- red (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Henggang Cui, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ken Clark, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andrew Conboy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: christine123, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alan Prather, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, 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.