Skunkbush Sumac (Rhus trilobata)

   
 

Fig. 1. Foliage and fruit, Chihuahuan Desert Gardens. Photograph by A.H. Harris. Fig. 2. Aromatic Sumac in autumn. Photograph by Wynn Anderson.

• Common Names: Skunkbush Sumac, Aromatic Sumac
• Common Spanish Names: Limitas
• Scientific Name: Rhus trilobata (RUUS try-low-BAY-tuh)
• Family: Anacardiaceae (Sumac Family)
• Geographic Range: Southern Canada into Mexico, West Coast to eastern Great Plains.
• Description: Deciduous shrub, averaging about 4' x 4 to 6'.
• Remarks:
• Ethnobotany: Ethnobotanical comments by Jane SpottedBird.

Last Update: 5 Jun 2006