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Aesculus parviflora |
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Bottlebrush
Buckeye |
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Southeastern United States |
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Large mound,
increasing by underground suckers and makes a shrub two
or three times as wide as it is tall. |
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Height: 8-10 feet Spread: 8-15 feet |
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Mid-July - blooms when few woody plants are in
bloom - 8-10 inch pyramidal panicles bear white
flowers with pinkish stamens |
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Leaves: opposite, palmately compound,
usually 5 leaflets, 6-12 inches long.
Leaflets: 3-5 inches long, obovate to elliptic, finely
toothed, apex pointed,
base wedge-shaped or rounded. |
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Capsule, brown, 1˝ inches across, rounded |
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