“Golden rain tree”

Or “Koelreuteria paniculata.” (Yeah, “Gesundheit!”, right? See below for origin of name.) Since this tree already flowered, I'm guessing that this is a fruiting shoot.

From Missouri Botanical Garden, http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=286815 » “Golden raintree is a small, open-branching, irregularly-shaped, deciduous tree with a rounded crown which typically grows 30–40' tall and as wide. Features pinnate or bipinnate, feathery, compound leaves (to 18" long), each leaf having 7–17 irregularly lobed leaflets. Leaves emerge pinkish bronze to purplish in spring, mature to a bright green in summer and turn yellow (quality variable) in fall. Bright yellow flowers (1/2" wide) appear in early summer in long, terminal, panicles (12–15"). Falling blossoms may or may not resemble ‘golden rain’, but the fallen blossoms often form an attractive golden carpet under the tree. Flowers give way to interesting, brown, papery seed capsules which somewhat resemble Chinese lanterns.

“Genus name honors Joseph Gottlieb Koelreuter a pioneer in plant hybridization in the 1700's.

“Specific epithet means ‘in a panicle’ in reference to the floral inflorescence.”

Species page at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Koelreuteria_paniculata&rank=binomial

This tree a couple weeks ago, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/imgs/paraman1/r/Sapindaceae_Koelreuteria_paniculata_100502.html
Leaves of this tree, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/imgs/paraman1/r/Sapindaceae_Koelreuteria_paniculata_100506.html
Flowers on this tree a couple weeks ago, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/imgs/paraman1/r/Sapindaceae_Koelreuteria_paniculata_100508.html

1 year ago (“Contrasts?”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-07-03
2 years ago (“Skipper!”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-07-03
3 years ago (“Still cataloging our garden visitors…”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-07-03
4 years ago (“Desperation (v. 10.0?)”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-07-03

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