Rutaceae
Chinese-pepper
Zanthoxylum simulans
- Family
- Rutaceae
- Genus
- Zanthoxylum
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 刺椒, 刺花椒, 大花椒, 天角椒, 野花椒, 野花椒叶, 野花椒皮, 野花椒（柄果花椒）
- English
- Chinese-pepper
- Japanese
- 華北山椒, オオザンショウ, トゲザンショウ, 四川山椒
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Dysmorodrepanis, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dysmorodrepanis, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification 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.