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Aesculus hippocastanum 'Aurea'
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Common name:
golden common horse-chestnut
Family:
Hippocastanaceae (horse-chestnut family)
Distribution:
Species native to s.e. Europe
Hardiness:
USDA Zone 4
Life form:
Deciduous tree
Comments:
A large, deciduous, upright oval shade tree growing 70' tall and often as wide. Its distinctive spring leaves consist of 5-7 yellowish leaflets attached to stout, gray stems. In summer foliage becomes medium green. 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 two seeds.
Locations
1:
AES: BO29
(BO29)
• Accession: D1994-0992.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
2:
AES: BO30
(BO30)
• Accession: D1992-0716.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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Individual