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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Genus: | Aesculus |
| Species: | A. pavia
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| Binomial name | |
| Aesculus pavia | |
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Aesculus pavia, known as red buckeye or firecracker plant (formerly Pavia rubra), is a species of deciduous flowering plant. The small tree or shrub is native to the southern and eastern parts of the United States, found from Illinois to Virginia in the north and from Texas to Florida in the south.[2] It is hardy far to the north of its native range, with successful cultivation poleward to Arboretum Mustila in Finland.[3]
It has a number of local names, such as scarlet buckeye, woolly buckeye and firecracker plant.
- ^ IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group.; Botanic Gardens Conservation International; et al. (BGCI) (2020). "Aesculus pavia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T152909167A152909169. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T152909167A152909169.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Aesculus pavia". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ "Aesculus pavia - red buckeye | Arboretum Mustila". Archived from the original on 2022-07-26. Retrieved 2017-02-14.