Aesculus parviflora
Common name: 
Bottlebrush Buckeye
Pronunciation: 
ES-ku-lus par-vi-FLO-ra
Family: 
Sapindaceae, Hippocastanaceae
Genus: 
Aesculus
Type: 
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon: 
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  • Broadleaf deciduous shrub, 8-12 ft (2.5-4 m) high with greater spread, multi-stemmed, suckering, upright slender branches.  Leaves opposite, palmately compound, 5-7 leaflets, each 3-20 cm long and 3-10 cm wide, acuminate, crenate-serrulate, medium to dark green, grayish and pubescent below, petiole 8-13 cm long.  Flowers white, with 4 petals (12 mm long), thread-like stamens, extending well beyond the petals, in cylindrical clusters that are 20-25 cm long.  Fruit 2.5-8 cm long, pear-shaped, smooth.
  • Sun or light shade, in well-drained, acid soil.  Slow to establish.
  • Hardy to USDA Zone 4      Native range extends from South Carolina, Georgia to Alabama and Florida.
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    plant habit, summer flowering

  • plant habit, summer flowering

    plant habit, summer flowering

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    flower clusters

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    flower cluster and flowers

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    leaf

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    leaf, underside

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    developing fruit clusters