Fabaceae

Shrubby sophora

Sophora flavescens Aiton

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Sophora

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Common names

By language (9)

Arabic: صفيراء كهرمانية
Bulgarian: Жълта софора
Chinese: 苦参, 苦參, 苦蔘, 地槐, 山槐, 白茎地骨, 苦参实, 野槐
English: Shrubby sophora
Japanese: クララ, クジン, 苦参
Korean: 고삼
lzh: 苦參
Mongolian: Лидэр
Russian: Софо́ра желтова́тая, Софора желте́ющая, Софора узколи́стная

Synonyms

Radiusia flavescens (Aiton) Endl.
Sophora flavescens subsp. angustifolia (Siebold & Zucc.) Yakovlev
Sophora flavescens var. favescens Aiton

Photos

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Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 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.