Rutaceae
Prickly ash
Zanthoxylum americanum
- Family
- Rutaceae
- Genus
- Zanthoxylum
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Common names
By language (12)
- Arabic
- فاغرة أمريكية, ديش شوكي
- arz
- فاغره امريكيه
- Azerbaijani
- Amerika zantoksilumu
- Burmese
- ရုံးပင်
- Chinese
- 美洲花椒
- Croatian
- Zuboboljno drvo
- Danish
- Tandpinetræ
- English
- Prickly ash, Common pricklyash, Northern prickly-ash, Prickly-ash, Toothache tree, Toothachetree, American prickly-ash, Common prickly-ash
- French
- Clavalier d'Amérique, Frêne épineux
- Persian
- زانتکسیلوم امریکنوم
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈၽၵ်းၸႃႉႁၢၼ်ႈ, ၽၵ်းၸႁၢၼ်ႈ, ၽၵ်းၸႃႉႁၢၼ်ႈ
- Slovenian
- Ameriški bodičasti jesen
Synonyms
- Mioptrila odorata Raf.
- Thylax fraxineum (Willd.) Raf.
- Zanthoxylum americanum f. americanum
- Zanthoxylum americanum f. armatius F.C.Gates
- Zanthoxylum americanum f. impuniens Fassett
- Zanthoxylum caribaeum Gaertn.
- Zanthoxylum cauliflorum Steud.
- Zanthoxylum clava-herculis var. americanum Du Roi
- Zanthoxylum fraxineum Willd.
- Zanthoxylum fraxinifolium Marshall
- Zanthoxylum mite Willd.
- Zanthoxylum parvum Shinners
- Zanthoxylum ramiflorum Michx.
- Zanthoxylum tricarpum Hook.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: A. Barra, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Symac, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: R. A. Nonenmacher, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: R. A. Nonenmacher, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Homoarborea, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cephas, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.