Fatsia
Fatsia japonica (Thunb.) Decne. & Planch.
- light
- Part–shade
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 3.9 m
- wide
- 1.5 m
Araliaceae
Also called Japanese Aralia, Paperplant
Formerly Aralia brownii, Aralia japonica, Aralia sieboldii, Dimorphanthus japonicus, and 1 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
- ShrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- S. Korea, Japan to Nansei-shotōKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade to shade (under 6 h)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 1.8 m to 5.9 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 1.2 m to 1.8 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, creamRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -12.2 °C (USDA zone 8a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (4)
- Welsh
- ffatsia
- Slovenian
- sobna aralija
- Chinese
- 八角金盘
- Simplified Chinese
- 八角金盘
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 4.0
- 3D model: Fatsia japonica (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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