Scientific Name:	Aesculus x carnea 'Briotii'
Pronunciation:	ESS-kew-lus ex KAR-nee-uh
Common Name:	ruby horse chestnut, red horse chestnut
Family Name:	Sapindaceae
Plant Type:	Tree - deciduous
Key ID Features:	Leaves compound with 5 obovate, serrate leaflets up to 20 cm long, yellow in fall; panicles of red florets. Winter ID: buds large, red, smooth, not sticky.
Course(s):	HORT 2355

Habit: Spreading, Upright Form: Oval - horizontal, Round Texture: Very coarse Mature Size: Height: 10 - 15m Spread: 10 - 15m Growth Rate: Fast Origin: Garden origin (Hybrid between A. hippocastanum and A. pavia) Hardiness Rating: Zone 7: (-18 to -12 C) Exposure: Full sun Soil/ Growing Medium: Well-drained Water Use: Moderate Landscape Uses: Shade tree, Specimen plant, Spring interest, Street (boulevard tree) Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Glossary Form: Compound Arrangement: Opposite Texture/ Venation: Heavily veined Surfaces: Compound Leaf: Digitate (palmate) Colour in Fall: Yellow Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Obovate Apices: Acute Bases: Cuneate Margins: Serrate Additional Info: leaves wrinkled

Inflorescence Type: Floriferous, Panicle-like, Thyrse Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 5 Corolla Shape: Funnelform Ovary Position: Superior Colour (petals): Showy, Pink, Dark-red Flower Scent: None Flower Time at Peak: May, Jun Additional Info: Actually a thyrse because the branches are cymose

Fruit Type: Capsule Fruit Colour: Green, Brown Fruiting Time: Jul Additional Info: nut-like but splits along carpel lines to release seed'

Bark Morphology: Other Bark or Stem Colour: Additional Info: bark is rough     Leaf Bud Type: Ovoid Leaf Scar Shape: U-shaped

Pest Susceptibility:	Deer resistant

Location(s): (TFL) Turf Field Lab (TFLN) Turf Field Lab North Location Map

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