''Aesculus sylvatica'', the painted buckeye, is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

of shrub. The species has five leaflets that are long and wide. The flowers are yellow and occasionally have red also. The species have dry fruit and brown, scaly bark. The species is commonly found in

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and along stream banks. The shrub is poisonous, as are its seeds.

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Shrubs sylvatica Flora of Alabama Trees of the United States {{Sapindales-stub