Lauraceae
California laurel
Umbellularia californica
- Family
- Lauraceae
- Genus
- Umbellularia
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Common names
By language (17)
- arz
- اومبيولاريا كاليفورنيكا
- Catalan
- Umbellularia
- Chinese
- 加州月桂, 加州桂, 北美木姜子, 俄勒岡香桃木, 傘桂, 傘桂屬, 加州月桂屬
- Croatian
- Brdski lovor
- Czech
- Okoličnatka kalifornská
- English
- California laurel
- French
- Laurier de Californie, Myrte de l'Oregon, Myrte de l’Orégon
- German
- Kalifornischer Lorbeer, Berglorbeer, Kalifornischer Berglorbeer
- Hungarian
- Amerikai babér
- Korean
- 움벨룰라리아
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Californialaurbær
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Californialaurbær
- Occitan
- Umbellularia
- Portuguese
- Umbellularia
- Russian
- Умбеллюлярия
- Spanish
- Umbellularia, Laurel de California, Sciadiodaphne
- Ukrainian
- Умбелюларія каліфорнійська, Умбелюларія
Synonyms
- Drimophyllum pauciflorum Nutt.
- Litsea californica (Hook. & Arn.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks.
- Oreodaphne californica Nees
- Oreodaphne regalis Regel
- Persea causticans Pasq.
- Tetranthera californica Hook. & Arn.
- Tetranthera causticans (Pasq.) Pasq.
- Umbellularia californica f. pendula Rehder
- Umbellularia californica var. californica
- Umbellularia californica var. fresnensis Eastw.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Toxicity: Slight, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
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Photo: Awinch1001, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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.