Texas Buckeye
Common Name: Texas Buckeye
Species Name: Aesculus glabra Willd. var arguta (Buckl.) Robins.
Family Name: Hippocastanaceae
Plant Type: Shrubs
| Plant Facts | |
|---|---|
| Origin | North America |
| Duration | Perennial |
| Distribution in Oklahoma | Eastern two-thirds of the state |
| Sun Preference | Moderately shade tolerant |
| Susceptibility | Many foliar diseases, defoliators and other insects |
ID Characteristics
- Field Identification Characteristics
Forms thickets, planted as ornamental
- Leaf and Stem Characteristics
- Plant Height: 4-inch diameter, 15-foot height
- Leaves: Decidious Broadleaf
- Leaf Type: Palmately Compound
- Leaf Arrangement: Opposite
- Leaf Shape: 5 elliptic to obovate leaflets
- Stipules: Yes
- Floral Characteristics
- Petals: Showy branched clusters
- Petal Number: 4
- Flower Color: Yellow
- Flower Timing: Spring
- Fruit Type: Round spiky brown capsules
| Habitat/Ecology | |
|---|---|
| Habitat | Closed canopy hardwood forests |
| Soil Type | Moist |
| USDA Cold Hardiness Zone | 6 to 8 |
| Successional Stage | Mid |