Red Buckeye, Yellow Buckeye
The large, dense, pyramidal shape of this tree is echoed in its many flower panicles. The inedible brown fruit of these Horse Chestnuts or Buckeyes holds slightly toxic, glossy seeds. Can also be grown as a shrub.
Aesculus flava Syn.: Aesculus octandra vernac. Sweet buckeye , Yellow buckeye
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 7 November
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yellow buckeye Hippocastanaceae Aesculus flava Aiton symbol: AEFL
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YELLOW BUCKEYE
Aesculus flava
General Notes
Branches droop, and resist breakage. SelecTree lists no cultivars of flava.
Yellow buckeyes from the Appalachians, relatives of the California buckeye and the European horse chestnut, gave summer shade for several years to a favorite sitting place, the Tanner fountain in front of the Hoover Tower.
A yellow buckeye tree with leaves just beginning change color for autumn.
Description
The yellow buckeye is a large deciduous forest tree capable of attaining heights of 60-90 ft (18.3-27.4 m) with 2-3 ft (0.6-0.9 m) diameters.
Aesculus flava : Yellow Buckeye - Whole Plant
Aesculus glabra : Ohio Buckeye - Landscape
Aesculus hippocastanum : European Horsechestnut - Whole Plant ...
flava (the yellow Buckeye) is sometimes 40 feet high, with something of the habit of the red Buckeye (Ae. rubicunda), but smoother leaves. A variety called purpurascens (sometimes Ae. discolor) has much showier flowers, larger, and of a reddish tint.
Aesculus flava - Yellow Buckeye
Aesculus glabra - Ohio Buckeye; Fetid Buckeye
Aesculus hippocastanum - Horse Chestnut
Aesculus parviflora - Bottlebrush Buckeye
Aesculus pavia - Red Buckeye
Aesculus sylvatica - Painted Buckeye ...
octandrea Marshall, called Yellow buckeye or Sweet buckeye, and A. glabra Willd., Ohio Buckeye, are native to moist woods along streams in southwestern Pennsylvania.
 See also: Buckeye, Chestnut, Green, Buckeyes, May
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