Taxon

Aesculus hippocastanum

 
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Aesculus hippocastanum - common horse-chestnut
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Common name: common horse-chestnut
Family: Hippocastanaceae (horse-chestnut family)
Distribution: s.e. Europe
IUCN Red list: Vulnerable
Hardiness: USDA Zone 4
Life form: Deciduous tree
NatureServe Rank: VU C2a(i)
Comments: A large, deciduous, upright oval shade tree growing 70' tall and often as wide. Leaves consist of 5-7 leaflets attached to stout, gray stems. Older bark is fissured into plate-like scales. White flowers in terminal panicles occur in May; each flower has an inner blotch that begins yellow then turns red. Light brown spiny capsules contain up to 2 seeds.
Links: Flora Europaea • Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy) • IUCN Redlist of Threatened Species

Locations

  • 1: DWD: AK02 (AK02) • Accession: D1924-0002.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 2: DWD: AK02 (AK02) • Accession: D1924-0002.003 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 3: LKV: CG15 (CG15) • Accession: D1947-0002.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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