Acer pseudoplatanus L.

  • Authority

    Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

  • Family

    Sapindaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Acer pseudoplatanus L.

  • Description

    Species Description - Tall tree with rough-looking, coarsely crenate and 5- lobed lvs, the lobes and teeth never sharply acuminate; fls yellowish-green, numerous in slender drooping panicles 6–15 cm; sep and pet subequal, 4–5 mm; disk extrastaminal; style deeply cleft; mericarps 3–4 cm, somewhat distended over the seed but not reticulate, the wings diverging at an angle of 60–90°; 2n=52. Native of Europe and w. Asia, occasionally escaped from cult. May.

  • Common Names

    Sycamore-maple