Flowers:
Yellow (Very showy greenish-yellow bottle-brush terminal panicles are 4-7" long and appear in May)
Foliage:
Green (One of the first trees to leaf out in spring, emerging light green changing to dark green; palmately compound); Multi-Colored (Yellow to red-brown fall foliage, usually attractive)
Fruit:
Brown (Prickly capsule encasing 1-2 buckeyes in the fall; poisonous if ingested, containing 3-5% saponins)
Soil:
Widely adapted to soils, but best on moist, acidic soil
Range:
Southeastern and central United States
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Opposite, palmately compound leaves that usually have 5 leaflets (each 1-2" wide and 3-6" long). Fruits have a shorter prickle than A. hippocastanum.
