Leaf type: Palmate, pinnate, with 5 to 7 leaflets
Leaf margin: Notched to slightly serrated
Phyllotaxis: Opposite
Colour: Green with reddish petioles
Life cycle: Deciduous shrub
Leaf (upper side)
Growth habit & biology
Aesculus parviflora is a deciduous shrub that can grow up to four meters tall and, thanks to short runners, several meters wide. The finger-like, palmately divided leaves consist of five to seven leaflets up to 22 centimeters long. The central leaflet is the longest. The leaf margin can be notched to slightly serrated. The petioles are green or reddish in color.
Distribution & habitates
Its native range is in the U.S. states of Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina (source). In Central Europe, Aesculus parviflora is occasionally planted as an ornamental shrub in parks and gardens.
Botany
The bottlebrush buckeye or small-flowered buckeye (Aesculus parviflora) belongs to the subfamily Hippocastanoideae within the family Sapindaceae.
