Aesculus flava Sol.

  • Filed As

    Sapindaceae
    Aesculus flava Sol.

  • Collector(s)

    D. E. Atha 6294, 28 May 2008

  • Location

    United States of America. Virginia. Grayson Co. Whitetop Community, between Virginia Road 600 and Virginia Road 754, ca 15 m north of US 58.

  • Habitat

    pasture adjacent to farm and gas station. It is not clear whether this tree was planted or spontaneous.

  • Description

    Tree 18 m tall, the trunk double from just above the base, each trunk ca 30 cm diam; bark grey, scaly with prominent lenticels; panicles erect; lower corolla lobe orange inside to just above the middle.

  • Notes (shown on label)

    Sample preserved in silica gel at NY

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 1087391

    Occurrence ID: 1a84aaa0-1119-440e-be69-db0823e9106f

  • Laboratory Collections

    Tissue Samples, 01121730, D. E. Atha 6294, Aesculus flava Sol. - Accepted : Sapindaceae (191.0) : : : Magnoliophyta;

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  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    United States of America

  • State/Province

    Virginia

  • County/Municipio

    Grayson Co.

  • Locality

    Whitetop Community, between Virginia Road 600 and Virginia Road 754, ca 15 m north of US 58

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1138 m. (3734 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    36.6157, -81.601

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The New York Botanical Garden
Flora of North America
Hippocastanaceae
Aesculus flava Sol.
det. D. E. Atha, 2008
United States of America. Virginia: Grayson Co.
Whitetop Community, between Virginia Road 600 and
Virginia Road 754, ca 15 m north of US 58. 36.61573N,
81.60104W, ca 1138 m (Coordinates and elevation from
hand-held gps and digital world map; accurate to within a
radius of ca 10 m). Pasture adjacent to farm and gas station.
Tree 18m tall, the trunk double from just above the base,
each trunk ca 30 cm diam; bark grey, scaly with prominent
lenticels; panicles erect; lower corolla lobe orange inside to
just above the middle. It is not clear whether this tree was
planted or spontaneous.
Sample preserved in silica gel at NY.
Daniel Atha 6294
28 May 2008
01087391