Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Sapindales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Aesculus parviflora
FAMILY
Sapindaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aesculus parviflora
FAMILY
Hippocastanaceae
COMMON NAME:
Bottlebrush Buckeye
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JK Marlow jkm0305w_14
May Buncombe County NC
NC Arboretum
Opposite, palmately compound leaves with 5-7 pinnately veined leaflets, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm0506j_31
June Anderson County SC
In cultivation
Recognized by columnar, white flower clusters, per Trees of the Southeastern United States.
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JK Marlow jkm0506j_33
June Anderson County SC
In cultivation
Stamens exserted, 3-4x the length of the petals, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
COMPARE
flowers of Buckeye species
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JK Marlow jkm070629_009
June Spartanburg County SC
Hatcher Garden
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_aesculus_parviflora
June
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_parviflora_1
August Fulton County GA
Chattahoochee Nature Center
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_parviflora_fruit_20
August Fulton County GA
Chattahoochee Nature Center
Fruit a globose capsule borne on long drooping stalks, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_parviflora_lvs_20
August Fulton County GA
Chattahoochee Nature Center
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_aesculus_parviflora_2
August
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Aesculus parviflora
FAMILY
Sapindaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aesculus parviflora
FAMILY
Hippocastanaceae
29
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - SC
Rare
Look for it in mesic forests on bluffs and in ravines (the SC occurrence is on Fall Line river bluffs, with shaley, subcalcareous soils), per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Palmately compound
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer
White
Bisexual
5-lobed calyx
4 petals
FRUIT:
9o
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p079
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p184
- Landscaping with Native Trees p051
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p130
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p090
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide p206
- Peterson Field Guide to Eastern Trees p190
- The Sibley Guide to Trees p331
- Trees of the Southeastern United States p054
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p050