Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Sapindales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aesculus glabra var. glabra
FAMILY
Sapindaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aesculus glabra var. glabra
FAMILY
Hippocastanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Aesculus glabra var. glabra
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aesculus glabra
COMMON NAME:
Ohio Buckeye, Fetid Buckeye, Chalky Buckeye
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_735
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service pnd_aescu_002_lvp
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_aesculus_glabra_8
March
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Ed Pivorun ebp090404_4973
April Walker County GA
Pigeon Mountain
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Ed Pivorun ebp090404_4975
April Walker County GA
Pigeon Mountain
Petals only slightly unequal in size, and stamens about 2x as long as petals, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
flowers of Buckeye species
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JK Marlow jkm090404_027
April Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
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_glabra_23
April
Leaves, twigs and flowers have an offensive odor when crushed, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_aesculus_glabra_4
April
Broad pyramidal clusters of pale yellow to greenish-yellow flowers, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_aesculus_glabra_6
May Suffolk County MA
Arnold Arboretum
Bark light gray, warty to scaly, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aesculus glabra var. glabra
FAMILY
Sapindaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aesculus glabra var. glabra
FAMILY
Hippocastanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Aesculus glabra var. glabra
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aesculus glabra
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Tree
Perennial
Habitat: Mesic upland and riparian forests, bluffs, ravines, stream banks; usually over calcareous substrates, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Palmately compound
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow/Greenish-yellow
5-lobed calyx
4 petals
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall?
Light brown
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p060
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p275
- Landscaping with Native Trees (Sternberg & Wilson, 1995) p048
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007) p205
- The Sibley Guide to Trees (Sibley, 2009) p329
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p055
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p050
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