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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aesculus pavia var. pavia
FAMILY
Sapindaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aesculus pavia var. pavia
FAMILY
Hippocastanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Aesculus pavia var. pavia
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 116-01-002:
Aesculus pavia FAMILY Hippocastanaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aesculus pavia
COMMON NAME:
Red Buckeye
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JK Marlow jkm191222_2365_a_pavia
Clay County AL
Cheaha State Park
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_740
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service pnd_aescu_002_lvp
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JK Marlow jkm070414_029
April Calhoun County SC
Congaree Bluffs Heritage Preserve
In general, Red Buckeye is found on the Coastal Plain, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
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JK Marlow jkm110415_445
April Carroll County GA
Glandular-hairy tubular calyx. Usually 7 unequal, slightly exserted stamens, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
COMPARE
flowers of Buckeye species
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JK Marlow jkm110415_447
April Carroll County GA
Stamens 6-8 and longer than lateral petals, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm0405g_27
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Grows as high as 12 m, sometimes flowers when scarcely 1 m tall, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).
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JK Marlow jkm0405g_29
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm0505l_23
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Opposite, palmately compound leaves with 5-7 pinnately veined leaflets, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_aesculus_pavia_pavia
June
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Sam Pratt sbp_092513_2006
September Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
Fruit similar to that of other buckeyes except usually slightly smaller, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
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Sam Pratt sbp_092513_2008
September Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
Capsule 3.5-6cm broad; seeds tan or light brown, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aesculus pavia var. pavia
FAMILY
Sapindaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aesculus pavia var. pavia
FAMILY
Hippocastanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Aesculus pavia var. pavia
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 116-01-002:
Aesculus pavia
FAMILY
Hippocastanaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aesculus pavia
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Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Habitat: Coastal Plain marl forests (wet, calcareous flats), hardwood bluffs, rich floodplains of brownwater and blackwater rivers, basic-mesic forests, shell hammocks and shell middens, calcium-rich sandy soils in maritime forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in GA Mountains & in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (uncommon in NC Coastal Plain) (rare in Piedmont)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Palmately compound
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring
Red
5-lobed calyx
4 petals
6-8 exserted stamens
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p218
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p304
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p060
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p276
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p127
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p424
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p179
- Landscaping with Native Trees (Sternberg & Wilson, 1995) p050
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p090
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007) p207
- The Sibley Guide to Trees (Sibley, 2009) p330
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p055
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p137
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p146
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p219
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p052
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p260
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