Koelreuteria elegans ssp. formosana

Common Name: flamegold

Family: Sapindaceae

Common Synonyms: none

USDA Hardiness Zone: 9a-10b

Growth Habit: Tree

Origin: Taiwan

FISC Category: 2

FDACS Listed Noxious Weed: No

Introduction Date: Pre-1955

IFAS Assessment:

• North: OK
• Central: CAUTION
• South: CAUTION

Description

Deciduous tree up to 18 m tall. Leaves alternate, pinnately compound, to 46 cm long. Leaflets are variable in shape and size, glabrous, margins toothed to entire, appearing feathery. Flowers bright yellow, small, numerous, to 2 cm, on branch tips in showy clusters. Fruit a pink papery, bladder-like inflated capsule.

Habitat

Pine flatwoods, disturbed upland areas

Comments

Fast growing tree. Introduced for landscaping.

Control Methods

• Manual: NA
• Chemical: Cut-stem (100% trichlopyr amine), applied to outer bark layer within 1 minute of cutting). [CAIP]
• Biological: NA

Control Notes

NA

References

Dave's Garden. 2014. PlantFiles: Flamegold, Koelreuteria elegans subsp. formosana. http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/140062/. Accessed on June 20, 2014.

IFAS, Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants. 2014. Golden Rain Tree. http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/node/650. Accessed on June 26, 2014.

Langeland, K.A., H.M. Cherry, C.M. McCormick, K.C. Burks. 2008. Identification and Biology of Non-Native Plants in Florida's Natural Areas-Second Edition. IFAS Publication SP 257. University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.