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 Leaves are opposite, deciduous and palmately compound with 5-7 obovate leaflets.  Stout light brown twigs show prominent yellow-brown terminal buds and shield shaped leaf scars.  Bark is gray to brown and smooth.  Flowers are red, showy and attractive to hummingbirds.  Fruit is a capsule and poisonous.  Red buckeye is a shrub found in the understory on rich moist soils in the south and one of the first species to leaf out in the spring.  The flowers are visited by hummingbirds.

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