Aesculus flava

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Common name: yellow buckeye, sweet buckeye

Family: Hippocastanaceae (horse-chestnut family)

Synonym: Aesculus octandra, Aesculus octandra var. virginica

Distribution: e. United States (chiefly App. region)

IUCN Red list: Least concern

Hardiness: USDA Zone 4

Life form: Deciduous tree

Comments: Considered by many as the most beautiful of the larger growing buckeyes. This deciduous tree develops an upright-oval crown reaching 60-75' in height and up to 50' wide in cultivation. Upright panicles of greenish yellow flowers occur in May. Its palmately compound leaves do not suffer summer defoliation as badly as many other buckeyes and turn pumpkin-orange in fall. The large, dark brown "buckeyes" are covered in a smooth, tan husk. Bark on mature trees is grayish brown and somewhat platy.

Links: Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy) • World Flora Online

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1: AES: BN30 (BN30) • Accession: D1993-0076.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
2: AES: BN30 (BN30) • Accession: D1993-0076.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
3: • Accession: D2016-0562.002 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
4: • Accession: D2018-0572.006 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
5: APC: BK20 (BK20) • Accession: D2016-0562.003 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
6: APC: BK20 (BK20) • Accession: D2016-0562.005 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
7: APC: BL17 (BL17) • Accession: D2015-0726.003 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
8: APC: BL18 (BL18) • Accession: D2016-0562.001 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
9: APC: BL20 (BL20) • Accession: D2016-0562.004 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
10: APC: BL22 (BL22) • Accession: D2018-0572.001 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
11: APC: BM17 (BM17) • Accession: D2015-0726.002 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
12: APC: BM17 (BM17) • Accession: D2015-0726.004 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
13: APC: BM18 (BM18) • Accession: D2018-0572.002 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
14: APC: BM21 (BM21) • Accession: D2018-0572.007 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
15: AZA: AZ17 (AZ17) • Accession: D0000-0066.002
16: LKV: CJ17 (CJ17) • Accession: D0000-0066.001
17: PER: CD20 (CD20) • Accession: D2012-0461.001 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
18: PER: CF21 (CF21) • Accession: D2012-0461.002 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
19: PKW: AS08 (AS08) • Accession: D1928-0009.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
20: PKW: AS08 (AS08) • Accession: D1928-0009.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin

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