Acer pseudoplatanus 'Atropurpureum'
Common name:
Purpleleaf Sycamore Maple
Pronunciation:
A-ser soo-do-PLAT-an-us
Family:
Aceraceae
Genus:
Type:
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon:
No
- Deciduous tree. Leaves dark green above, purple beneath (see Acer pseudoplatanus)
- Partially true-to-type from seed
- Attacked by aphids
- Hardy to USDA Zone 5, reportedly less hardy than the species at Zone 4.
- Corvallis: on Adams between 8th and 9th St. (Leaves often have galls caused by the Maple Gallbladder Mite.)