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Cotinus coggygria (Smoke Tree)

[= Rhus cotinus]

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids > Eurosid II > Order: Sapindales > Family: Anacardiaceae

Cotinus coggygria (Smoke Tree)
Cotinus coggygria (Smoke Tree) Cotinus coggygria (Smoke Tree)

Cotinus coggygria, Vienna Botanical Gardens, Austria. [photos H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

The sap evidently causes a skin reaction (dermatitis).