Horse Chestnut Leaves Closeup Detail Aesculus Hippocastanus Horizontal Stock Image

Aesculus hippocastanus is a species of flowering tree in the soapberry and lychee family. A large deciduous, synoecious hermaphroditic-flowered tree, commonly known as horse-chestnut or conker tree. The leaves are opposite and palmately compound, with 5–7 leaflets. The flowers are usually white with a yellow to pink blotch at the base of the petals, blossom in spring in erect panicles with about 20–50 flowers on each panicle. Family sapindaceae, genus aesculus, species hippocastanum. Morris Hill Park, Boise, Idaho, Pacific Northwest