Sapindaceae
Painted buckeye
Aesculus sylvatica
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Genus
- Aesculus
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Aesculus sylvaticaSapindaceae
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Common names
By language (10)
- arz
- ايسكولوس سيلفاتيكا
- Bulgarian
- Обагрен американски конски кестен
- Chinese
- 林生七叶树
- Czech
- Jírovec lesní
- English
- Painted buckeye
- German
- Carolina-Rosskastanie
- Macedonian
- Шумски див костен
- Persian
- چشمگوزنی نگارین
- Russian
- Конский каштан лесной
- Ukrainian
- Гіркокаштан лісовий
Synonyms
- Aesculus georgiana Sarg.
- Aesculus georgiana var. lanceolata Sarg.
- Aesculus georgiana var. pubescens Sarg.
- Aesculus microcarpa Ashe
- Aesculus neglecta var. georgiana (Sarg.) Sarg.
- Aesculus neglecta var. lanceolata (Sarg.) Sarg.
- Aesculus neglecta var. pubescens (Sarg.) Sarg.
- Aesculus neglecta var. tomentosa Sarg.
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.
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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.