| Scientific Name: | Staphylea pinnata |
| Common Name: | European bladdernut |
| Family Name: | Staphyleaceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia, Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 5 - 7m x 4 - 5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical, Round |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Fall interest, Hedge row, Shade tree, Specimen plant, Spring interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Pubescent, Odd-pinnate, Oblong, Ovate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Panicle, White, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Edible, Green, Red, Dark-red, Brown, Jul-Aug-Sep, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, pinnately compound, most with 5(-7) leaflets ovate-oblong, most 6-10cm long x 2.5-4cm wide; margin serrate; panicles pendulous, most 8-13cm long (excluding the long peduncle), florets bell-shaped, 1-1.5cm wide, 5 white petals, 5 white sepals with red tips; capsules 2 or 3 lobed, papery and bladder-like, gradually turn from green to yellow-reddish to brown, 3-4cm long. Winter ID: multi-stemmed trunk; brown capsule remnants on soil. | |