Overlooked on the list of plants along Wagner is the bottlebrush buckeye near the first curve at the top of the hill, north side. The overall view is typical widespread with height up to 12 feet. It spreads by suckering, shoots growing from the base. The leaves are typical of other buckeyes around the neighborhood, opposite, palmately compound, 5-7 leaflets. It is a garden plant but is native to the USA, from a small area in Alabama.
The name comes from the erect panicles of flowers, which are now past their prime and beginning to mature into the horse chestnut fruit. A picture of the flowers from the internet is added showing the peak in late June, early July. Perhaps it was considered too much ornamental in the first map. It can be considered a relative of the horse chestnuts that played a role in the origin of modern Israel, similar nuts. And it is an illustration of the opposite leaf Madcap Horse (chestnut) mnemonic.
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| The opposite leaves, as in MADCAP Horse mnemonic |
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| older flower panicle |
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| Palmately compound leaves like other buckeyes |
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| peak flowering from the internet |
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