Smoke tree

This article is about plants commonly referred to as smoke tree. For other uses, see Smoke tree (disambiguation).

Cotinus obovatus in late autumn

Smoke tree, or smoketree, may refer to any of several plants, some of whose parts are finely divided and give the appearance of smoke from a distance:

• Cotinus, a genus of garden shrub commonly referred to as smoketrees.
  • Cotinus coggygria, the European or Eurasian smoketree
  • Cotinus obovatus, the American smoketree
• Psorothamnus spinosus, a legume tree of the American Mojave desert commonly referred to as the smoketree. In the spring it has vibrant purple blooms.
• Euphorbia cotinifolia, or tropical smoketree

See also

• Smokebush