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'''''Aesculus californica''''' ('''California Buckeye''' or '''California Horse-chestnut''') is a species of [[Aesculus|buckeye]] that is [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to California, and the only buckeye native to the state.
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It is a large [[shrub]] or small [[tree]] growing to 4–12 m tall, with gray bark often coated with [[lichen]]s or mosses. It typically is multi-trunked with a crown as broad as it is high.  The leaves are dark green, palmately compound with five (rarely seven) leaflets, each leaflet 6–17&nbsp;cm long, with a finely toothed margin and (particularly in spring) downy surfaces. The leaves are tender and prone to damage from both spring freezing or snow and summer heat and desiccation. 
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The flowers are sweet-scented, white to pale pink, produced in erect [[panicle]]s 15–20&nbsp;cm long and 5–8&nbsp;cm broad. The nectar is toxic and can kill honey bees.  The [[fruit]] is a fig-shaped [[capsule (fruit)|capsule]] 5–8&nbsp;cm long, containing a large (2–5&nbsp;cm), round, orange-brown [[seed]]; the seeds are poisonous. The California Buckeye has adapted to its native [[Mediterranean climate]] by growing during the wet winter and spring months and entering dormancy in late summer, though those growing in coastal regions tend to hold on to their leaves until mid-autumn; it begins the year's growth in early spring and begins dropping leaves by mid-summer.
    
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==Varieties==
 
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==Gallery==
 
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File:Aesculus californica flowers Los Trancos CA.jpg| photo 1
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==References==
 
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
 
<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
 
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
 
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
 
<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
 
<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
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*Casebeer, M. (2004). ''Discover California Shrubs''. Sonora, California: Hooker Press. ISBN 0-9665463-1-8
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*Bakker, E. (1971). "An Island Called California". Berkeley, California: University of California Press.  ISBN 0-520-04948-9
    
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