Sapindaceae
Yellow buckeye
Aesculus flava
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Genus
- Aesculus
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Common names
By language (24)
- arz
- ايسكولوس فلافا
- Azerbaijani
- Sarı atşabalıdı
- Belarusian
- Горкі каштан васьмітычынкавы
- Bulgarian
- Жълт американски конски кестен
- Chinese
- 黄花七叶树
- Croatian
- Žuti divlji kesten
- Czech
- Jírovec žlutý
- Dutch
- Gele pavia
- English
- Yellow buckeye, Common buckeye, Sweet buckeye
- French
- Pavier jaune
- German
- Gelbe Rosskastanie, Gelbe Pavie
- hsb
- Žołty jěrowc
- Hungarian
- Sárga vadgesztenye
- Macedonian
- Жолт див костен
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Gul hestekastanje
- Persian
- چشمگوزنی زرد
- Polish
- Kasztanowiec żółty
- Russian
- Конский каштан жёлтый, Конский каштан восьмитычинковый, Конский каштан желтый
- Slovak
- Pagaštan osemtyčinkový
- Slovenian
- Rumenocvetni divji kostanj
- Spanish
- Falso castaño amarillo
- Swedish
- Gulblommig hästkastanj
- Turkish
- Sarı at kestanesi
- Ukrainian
- Гіркокаштан жовтий
Synonyms
- Aesculus flava var. purpurascens A.Gray
- Aesculus hystrix Raf.
- Aesculus lutea Wangenh.
- Aesculus lutea Castigl.
- Aesculus lutea var. discolor Dippel
- Aesculus maxima D.Drake
- Aesculus octandra Marshall
- Aesculus octandra f. vestita (Sarg.) Fernald
- Aesculus octandra f. virginica (Sarg.) Fernald
- Aesculus octandra var. hybrida Sarg.
- Aesculus octandra var. purpurascens C.K.Schneid.
- Aesculus octandra var. vestita Sarg.
- Aesculus octandra var. virginica Sarg.
- Aesculus pavia var. flava (Sol.) Kuntze
- Nebropsis hystrix Raf.
- Pavia bicolor Raf.
- Pavia discolor Sweet
- Pavia flava Moench
- Pavia lutea Poir.
- Pavia reticulata Raf.
- Paviana flava Raf.
- Pawia octandra (Marshall) Kuntze
- Pawia octandra (Marshall) Kuntze
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Toxicity: Severe, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
Photo: Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ben vc, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- BuckeyeAesculus × neglectaSapindaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.