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



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

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

Aesculus pavia var. pavia

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 116-01-002:

Aesculus pavia   FAMILY Hippocastanaceae

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

Aesculus pavia

 

COMMON NAME:
Red Buckeye


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JK Marlow    jkm191222_2365_a_pavia

    Clay County    AL

Cheaha State Park

image of Aesculus pavia var. pavia, Red Buckeye

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_740

        

image of Aesculus pavia var. pavia, Red Buckeye

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service    pnd_aescu_002_lvp

        

image of Aesculus pavia var. pavia, Red Buckeye

JK Marlow    jkm070414_029

April    Calhoun County    SC

Congaree Bluffs Heritage Preserve

In general, Red Buckeye is found on the Coastal Plain, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Aesculus pavia var. pavia, Red Buckeye

JK Marlow    jkm110415_445

April    Carroll County    GA

Glandular-hairy tubular calyx. Usually 7 unequal, slightly exserted stamens, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).


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image of Aesculus pavia var. pavia, Red Buckeye

JK Marlow    jkm110415_447

April    Carroll County    GA

Stamens 6-8 and longer than lateral petals, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Aesculus pavia var. pavia, Red Buckeye

JK Marlow    jkm0405g_27

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Grows as high as 12 m, sometimes flowers when scarcely 1 m tall, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).

image of Aesculus pavia var. pavia, Red Buckeye

JK Marlow    jkm0405g_29

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Aesculus pavia var. pavia, Red Buckeye

JK Marlow    jkm0505l_23

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

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 pavia var. pavia, Red Buckeye

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_aesculus_pavia_pavia

June        

image of Aesculus pavia var. pavia, Red Buckeye

Sam Pratt    sbp_092513_2006

September    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

Fruit similar to that of other buckeyes except usually slightly smaller, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Aesculus pavia var. pavia, Red Buckeye

Sam Pratt    sbp_092513_2008

September    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

Capsule 3.5-6cm broad; seeds tan or light brown, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

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

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

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 116-01-002:
Aesculus pavia   FAMILY Hippocastanaceae

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

 

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Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Coastal Plain marl forests (wet, calcareous flats), hardwood bluffs, rich floodplains of brownwater and blackwater rivers, basic-mesic forests, shell hammocks and shell middens, calcium-rich sandy soils in maritime forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in GA Mountains & in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (uncommon in NC Coastal Plain) (rare in Piedmont)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Palmately compound
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring
Red
5-lobed calyx
4 petals
6-8 exserted stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

 

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