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Aesculus × mutabilis
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Common name:
arboretum buckeye
Family:
Hippocastanaceae (horse-chestnut family)
Distribution:
hybrid: Aesculus pavia × A. sylvatica
Hardiness:
USDA Zone 4
Life form:
Deciduous tree
Comments:
A small tree that grows compactly to about 12' tall. Leaves are not as susceptible to the disfiguring leaf scorch as most other buckeyes. In May, many upright panicles of soft red flowers provide a show. Fruit is a shiny dark brown nut enclosed in a leathery husk.
Links:
Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy)
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Plants of the World Online- KewScience
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The Plant List
Locations
1:
AES: BP28
(BP28)
• Accession: D1995-0001.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
2:
PCA: BT18
(BT18)
• Accession: D1992-0600.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
3:
PCA: CA18
(CA18)
• Accession: D1949-0004.005 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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