Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Sapindales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Koelreuteria paniculata
FAMILY
Sapindaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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Read more about Golden Rain-tree at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Koelreuteria paniculata
FAMILY
Sapindaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 117-02-001:
Koelreuteria paniculata
FAMILY
Sapindaceae
COMMON NAME:
Golden Rain-tree
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JK Marlow jkm200505_4652
May Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200602_5602
June Spartanburg County SC
Apparently a neighbor has a Golden Raintree: over 40 seedlings pulled up...
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_k_paniculata_7275
June Catawba County NC
Dense tree of regular rounded outline, sparingly branched, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_k_paniculata_7278
June Catawba County NC
Half-inch yellow flowers borne in a 12-15" wide and loose panicle, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_k_paniculata_7278b
June Catawba County NC
Lvs pinnate (rarely bipinnate in part), leaflets coarsely crenate to lobulate, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
pinnately compound leaves of trees
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_k_paniculata_7279
June Catawba County NC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Koelreuteria paniculata
FAMILY
Sapindaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Koelreuteria paniculata
FAMILY
Sapindaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 117-02-001:
Koelreuteria paniculata
FAMILY
Sapindaceae
782
Tree
Perennial
Non-native: China
Habitat: Disturbed areas, roadsides, frequently cultivated as an ornamental tree, rarely escaped, per Weakley's Flora
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This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
LEAVES:
Deciduous
1- or 2-pinnately compound
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
Yellow
Functionally unisexual
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
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