| Scientific Name: | Acer shirasawanum 'Aureum' |
| Common Name: | golden full moon maple |
| Family Name: | Sapindaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous, Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 5 - 7m x 5 - 7m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Twiggy, Upright |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Fall interest, Group or mass planting, Small garden/space, Specimen plant, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Opposite, Soft flexible, Palmate venation, Lustrous, Orbicular, Incised, Palmately lobed, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Corymb, White, Yellow, Purple, Red, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Samara, Schizocarp, Red, Brown, Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves opposite, golden yellow, orbicular, most 5-9cm wide, 9-13 lobes with acuminate tips, fan-like, margins double serrate, petioles 5-7cm long; flowers in umbel-like clasters of 8-10; schizocarps 3-4cm wide, thick side of wings at 170-180 degree angle, samaras seem upside down compare to other maples and the thin wing margin is wavy. Winter ID: lateral buds curved inwards, conical, about 5mm long, red, partially surrounded by brown scale fringed with hairs. | |