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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Sapindales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aesculus parviflora   FAMILY Sapindaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aesculus parviflora   FAMILY Hippocastanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Aesculus parviflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Aesculus parviflora

 

COMMON NAME:
Bottlebrush Buckeye


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image of Aesculus parviflora, Bottlebrush Buckeye

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 (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Aesculus parviflora, Bottlebrush Buckeye

JK Marlow    jkm0506j_31

June    Anderson County    SC

In cultivation

Recognized by columnar, white flower clusters, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).

image of Aesculus parviflora, Bottlebrush Buckeye

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 (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).


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image of Aesculus parviflora, Bottlebrush Buckeye

JK Marlow    jkm070629_009

June    Spartanburg County    SC

Hatcher Garden

image of Aesculus parviflora, Bottlebrush Buckeye

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_aesculus_parviflora

June        

image of Aesculus parviflora, Bottlebrush Buckeye

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_a_parviflora_1

August    Fulton County    GA

Chattahoochee Nature Center

image of Aesculus parviflora, Bottlebrush Buckeye

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 (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Aesculus parviflora, Bottlebrush Buckeye

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_a_parviflora_lvs_20

August    Fulton County    GA

Chattahoochee Nature Center

image of Aesculus parviflora, Bottlebrush Buckeye

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_aesculus_parviflora_2

August        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aesculus parviflora   FAMILY Sapindaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aesculus parviflora   FAMILY Hippocastanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Aesculus parviflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aesculus parviflora

 

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Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Mesic forests on bluffs and in ravines (the SC occurrence is on Fall Line river bluffs, with shaley, subcalcareous soils), per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Rare in GA & SC (waifs in NC)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Palmately compound
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
5-lobed calyx
4 petals
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall?
9o
Capsule

 

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