Burning Bush
Dictamnus albus L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 76 cm
- wide
- 53 cm
Rutaceae
Also called Gasplant
Formerly Dictamnus altaicus, Dictamnus angustifolius, Dictamnus caucasicus, Dictamnus fraxinella, and 9 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Europe to SW. Siberia and W. HimalayaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 61 cm to 91 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 46 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, pink, purple, blueRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -40 °C (USDA zone 3a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- German
- Diptam, Gewöhnlicher Diptam
- Bulgarian
- Росен
- Korean
- 백선
- Azerbaijani
- Ağ alışan
- Catalan
- Lletimó
- Czech
- třemdava bílá
- Danish
- Hvid Diktam
- Esperanto
- Diktamno
- Spanish
- Gitam
- Finnish
- Mooseksenpalavapensas
- French
- Fraxinelle
- Croatian
- Jasenak
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Dictamnus albus (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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