Flowers:
Red (Rose-red 6-8" flower clusters (panicles) in spring)
Foliage:
Green (Dark green palmately compound leaves in summer); Brown (There is no fall color change for this species)
Fruit:
Brown (Fall fruits are spiny and poisonous if ingested)
Soil:
Prefers acidic, well-drained soil
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Often slightly recurved and twisted, the opposite, palmately compound leaves have 5-leaflets (occasionally 7). No pubescence under leaf (although petiolules have slight pubescence). Terminal buds not sticky, nor as large, as in Aesculus hippocastanum.
