Aesculus sylvatica

{{Short description|Species of plant}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Painted buckeye

| image = Painted buckeye Aesculus sylvatica flowers leaves.jpg

| image_caption = Aesculus sylvatica inflorescence

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group. |author2=Botanic Gardens Conservation International |collaboration=BGCI |date=2020 |title=Aesculus sylvatica |volume=2020 |page=e.T152909108A152909110 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T152909108A152909110.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| genus = Aesculus

| species = sylvatica

| authority = L.

| range_map = Aesculus sylvatica range map 1.png

| range_map_caption = Natural range of Aesculus sylvatica

}}

Aesculus sylvatica, the painted buckeye, is a species of shrub. The species has five leaflets that are {{convert|4.5|to|6|in|cm}} long and {{convert|1.5|to|2.5|in|cm}} wide. The flowers are yellow and occasionally have red also. The species have dry fruit and brown, scaly bark.{{cite book | last = Authors | first = Multiple | title = A Guide To Filed Identification: Trees Of North America | publisher = Western Publishing | year = 1986 | location = United States | pages = [https://archive.org/details/treesofnorthamer00broc/page/218 218] | isbn = 0-307-13658-2 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/treesofnorthamer00broc/page/218 }} The species is commonly found in forests and along stream banks. The shrub is poisonous,{{cite web |url=http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/poison/Aescusy.htm |title=Poisonous Plants: Aesculus sylvatica |accessdate=2009-12-05 |work=Poisonous Plants of North Carolina |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090918012449/http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/poison/Aescusy.htm |archive-date=2009-09-18 |url-status=dead }} as are its seeds.{{cite book|last=Little|first=Elbert L.|title=The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees: Eastern Region|publisher=Knopf|location=New York|year=1980|isbn=0-394-50760-6|page=588}}