Koelreuteria paniculata
Goldenraintree

 Plant Type:
 Growth Forms:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Flower Notes:
Yellow (Very showy upright clusters of bright yellow flowers with red centers in the summer)
 Foliage Notes:
Red-Violet (Red-purple emerging foliage in the spring); Green (Bright green summer foliage); Yellow (Warm yellow fall foliage)
 Fruit Notes:
Green (Fall; papery, 3-valved-capsule (bladder-like) seed pods that start tan and turn darker into winter)
 Ultimate Height:
40 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
40 feet
 Light Requirements:
 Soil Notes:
Widely adapted to soils
 Range:
China, Japan, Korea
 Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves alternate and compound (pinnate and bipinnate) to 14" long, irregularly crenate-serrate. Large clusters of bladder-like fruit. Shield-shaped leaf scars. Olive-buff to light brown stems.

Additional Information

Colorful small tree in bloom and interesting for its form. Tolerates heat, drought, wind, alkaline soils, and air pollution. Newly emerging leaves can be damaged by late spring freezes. Rather weak-wooded. Can be damaged or killed by –25 degrees F. Invasive in some parts of the country.

When Koelreuteria paniculata has been observed flowering or fruiting at Purdue University

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9 Koelreuteria paniculata found

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= Heritage plant = Memorial plant
Number Accession ID Location
1ORIG_1769*ARHPH
2ORIG_1767*ARHPH
3ORIG_1474*AAR
Heritage Plant
Dedicated/Memorial Plant
4ORIG_1273*AHAAS
5ORIG_1264*APSYC
6ORIG_1766*ARHPH
7ORIG_1265*APSYC
8ORIG_1768*ARHPH
92020_12734*AHORTPARK

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