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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aesculus glabra var. glabra   FAMILY Sapindaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aesculus glabra var. glabra   FAMILY Hippocastanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Aesculus glabra var. glabra

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Aesculus glabra

 

COMMON NAME:
Ohio Buckeye, Fetid Buckeye, Chalky Buckeye


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image of Aesculus glabra var. glabra, Ohio Buckeye, Fetid Buckeye, Chalky Buckeye

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_735

        

image of Aesculus glabra var. glabra, Ohio Buckeye, Fetid Buckeye, Chalky Buckeye

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service    pnd_aescu_002_lvp

        

image of Aesculus glabra var. glabra, Ohio Buckeye, Fetid Buckeye, Chalky Buckeye

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_aesculus_glabra_8

March        

image of Aesculus glabra var. glabra, Ohio Buckeye, Fetid Buckeye, Chalky Buckeye

Ed Pivorun    ebp090404_4973

April    Walker County    GA

Pigeon Mountain

image of Aesculus glabra var. glabra, Ohio Buckeye, Fetid Buckeye, Chalky Buckeye

Ed Pivorun    ebp090404_4975

April    Walker County    GA

Pigeon Mountain

Petals only slightly unequal in size, and stamens about 2x as long as petals, per Weakley's Flora.


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image of Aesculus glabra var. glabra, Ohio Buckeye, Fetid Buckeye, Chalky Buckeye

JK Marlow    jkm090404_027

April    Walker County    GA

The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain

Opposite, palmately compound leaves with 5-7 pinnately veined leaflets, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Aesculus glabra var. glabra, Ohio Buckeye, Fetid Buckeye, Chalky Buckeye

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_aesculus_glabra_23

April        

Leaves, twigs and flowers have an offensive odor when crushed, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Aesculus glabra var. glabra, Ohio Buckeye, Fetid Buckeye, Chalky Buckeye

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_aesculus_glabra_4

April        

Broad pyramidal clusters of pale yellow to greenish-yellow flowers, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).

image of Aesculus glabra var. glabra, Ohio Buckeye, Fetid Buckeye, Chalky Buckeye

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_aesculus_glabra_6

May    Suffolk County    MA

Arnold Arboretum

Bark light gray, warty to scaly, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aesculus glabra var. glabra   FAMILY Sapindaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aesculus glabra var. glabra   FAMILY Hippocastanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Aesculus glabra var. glabra

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aesculus glabra

 

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Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Mesic upland and riparian forests, bluffs, ravines, stream banks; usually over calcareous substrates, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Palmately compound
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow/Greenish-yellow
5-lobed calyx
4 petals
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall?
Light brown
Capsule

 

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