| Scientific Name: | Parrotia persica |
| Common Name: | Persian parrotia, Persian ironwood |
| Family Name: | Hamamelidaceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 10 - 15m x 7 - 10m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Specimen plant, Street (boulevard tree), Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Lustrous, Oblong, Obovate, Ovate, Crenate, Dentate |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, Green-yellow, Red, Feb-Mar-Apr |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Smaller deciduous tree; leaves alternate, most blades oblong-obovate, 6-12cm long x 2.5-6cm wide, margin wavy and crenate mid-blade to apex. Winter ID: bark smooth, mildly exfoliating to reveal white, green and tan patches; flower buds 4mm, pubescent brown-black; leaf buds stalked, fuzzy, dark brown to black. | |