Taxon

Aesculus glabra var. arguta

 
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Aesculus glabra var. arguta - Texas buckeye, western buckeye
Image: Payton, Gregory - The Dawes Arboretum
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Common name: Texas buckeye, western buckeye
Family: Hippocastanaceae (horse-chestnut family)
Synonym: Aesculus arguta, Aesculus buckleyi, Aesculus glabra var. sargentii
Distribution: c. United States
Hardiness: USDA Zone 4
Life form: Deciduous tree
Comments: A small, deciduous shrubby tree to 20' tall and wide. Distinguished by smooth, white bark on older trees. Palmately compound leaves have 7-9 narrow leaflets of medium green. Flowers open in mid-May as upright, greenish yellow clusters, larger than Ohio's native. Often defoliating in late summer but sometimes autumn foliage is yellow but occasionally brilliant orange-red. Appropriate for naturalized plantings.
Links: Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy) • The Plant List • USDA PLANTS Database - US Department of Agriculture

Locations

  • 1: AES: BP28 (BP28) • Accession: D2010-0030.003 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 2: BCA: BO31 (BO31) • Accession: D2010-0030.004 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 3: BCA: BO31 (BO31) • Accession: D2012-0466.001 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 4: BCA: BO31 (BO31) • Accession: D2012-0466.002 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
  • 5: BCA: BQ30 (BQ30) • Accession: D2005-0135.001
  • 6: HOL: BN31 (BN31) • Accession: D2010-0030.001 • Origin: United States of America • Provenance: Wild of Known Origin
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