Aesculus sylvatica
| Painted buckeye | |
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| Aesculus sylvatica inflorescence | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Hippocastanaceae |
| Genus: | Aesculus |
| Species: | A. sylvatica |
| Binomial name | |
| Aesculus sylvatica L. | |
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| Natural range of Aesculus sylvatica | |
Aesculus sylvatica (painted buckeye) is a species of shrub. The species has five leaflets that are 4.5 to 6 inches long and 1.5 to 2.5 inches wide. The flowers are yellow and occasionally have red also. The species have dry fruit and brown, scaly bark.[1] The species is commonly found in forests and along stream banks. The shrub is poisonous.[2]
References
- ↑ Authors, Multiple (1986). A Guide To Filed Identification: Trees Of North America. United States: Western Publishing. p. 218. ISBN 0-307-13658-2.
- ↑ "Poisonous Plants: Aesculus sylvatica". Poisonous Plants of North Carolina. Retrieved 2009-12-05.
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