California buckeye Hippocastanaceae Aesculus californica

Leaf:Opposite, deciduous, palmately compound, usually 5 leaflets about 4 to 6 inches long and 1 1/2 to 2 inches wide, margins serrated, dark green and shiny above and paler below.
Flower:White or pale pink inch-long flowers are borne in tall, erect clusters (4 to 8 inches long).
Fruit:Fruits are pear-shaped, smooth leathery capsules, 2 to 3 inches long. Each bears 1 or 2 orange-brown seeds about 1 to 2 inches in diameter.
Twig:Stout; reddish brown when young but darkening with age; smooth.
Bark:Thin (1/2 inch); smooth; gray.
Form:A small tree or shrub reaching 30 feet tall and 5 inches in diameter.

leaf flower fruit twig bark form map

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