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
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
See Aesculus parviflora in South Carolina: Phytogeographical Implications (Wyatt 1985) for a discussion of the interesting, relictual occurrence in SC.
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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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).
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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 (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).
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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 (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
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 (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
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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 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)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Palmately compound
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
5-lobed calyx
4 petals
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall?
9o
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) p079
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p184
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p210
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p180
- Landscaping with Native Trees (Sternberg & Wilson, 1995) p051
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p130
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p090
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007) p206
- The Sibley Guide to Trees (Sibley, 2009) p331
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p054
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p050
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