28+ Red Buckeye Leaves. Dark green and glossy above, glabrous to slightly pubescent beneath; As a defense mechanism against hungry browsers searching for the first green leaves in spring.
A quick introduction to red buckeyes. It has a fibrous, but deep descending root system. Red buckeye (aesculus pavia) at francis marion national forest.
It bears glossy deep green leaves with five to seven 3 to 6 long leaflets.
All parts of plant are poisonous if ingested. The red flowers grow in loose, cone shaped clusters that grow upright. Red spike flowers appear in the spring. In the coastal plain, the red buckeye, aesculus pavia, is one of the first blooms to signal spring.