Aesculus flavaSol.

yellow buckeye

WFO wfo-0000522269 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Aesculus flava, photographed by Steve Young
fig. a Steve Young, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-02 / obs. 195681215
Aesculus flava, photographed by Mac Post
fig. b Mac Post, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 193110088
Aesculus flava, photographed by Mac Post
fig. c Mac Post, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 192179640
Aesculus flava, photographed by stinger
fig. d stinger, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 134109951
Aesculus flava, photographed by stinger
fig. e stinger, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 134109901
Aesculus flava, photographed by stinger
fig. f stinger, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 134109919
Aesculus flava, photographed by Daniel Atha
fig. g Daniel Atha, CC0 1.0 / obs. 124977724
Aesculus flava, photographed by Daniel Atha
fig. h Daniel Atha, CC0 1.0 / obs. 124977884

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Native range 13 botanical countries

Regions where Aesculus flava is native: Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia AlabamaGeorgiaIllinoisIndianaKentuckyMarylandNorth CarolinaOhioPennsylvaniaSouth CarolinaTennesseeVirginiaWest Virginia
Native distribution of Aesculus flava, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Alabama ALA NORTHERN AMERICA
Georgia GEO
Illinois ILL
Indiana INI
Kentucky KTY
Maryland MRY
North Carolina NCA
Ohio OHI
Pennsylvania PEN
South Carolina SCA
Tennessee TEN
Virginia VRG
West Virginia WVA

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 23 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Aesculus flava var. purpurascens A.Gray
  • Aesculus hystrix Raf.
  • Aesculus lutea Castigl.
  • Aesculus lutea Wangenh.
  • Aesculus lutea var. discolor Dippel
  • Aesculus maxima D.Drake
  • Aesculus octandra Marshall
  • Aesculus octandra f. vestita (Sarg.) Fernald
  • Aesculus octandra f. virginica (Sarg.) Fernald
  • Aesculus octandra var. hybrida Sarg.
  • Aesculus octandra var. purpurascens C.K.Schneid.
  • Aesculus octandra var. vestita Sarg.
  • Aesculus octandra var. virginica Sarg.
  • Aesculus pavia var. flava (Sol.) Kuntze
  • Nebropsis hystrix Raf.
  • Pavia bicolor Raf.
  • Pavia discolor Sweet
  • Pavia flava Moench
  • Pavia lutea Poir.
  • Pavia reticulata Raf.
  • Paviana flava Raf.
  • Pawia octandra (Marshall) Kuntze
  • Pawia octandra (Marshall) Kuntze

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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