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§1 Plant

Koelreuteria elegans (Seem.) A.C. Sm.

vernacular flamegold — species · Sapindaceae

USDA
KOEL
GBIF
5421178
Rank
species
flamegold (Koelreuteria elegans)
Platephotograph · no rights reservedCC0 · public domain source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Tree
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Sapindaceae Juss.
Genus
Koelreuteria
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b

County-level range

· 9 counties across 2 states/territories
Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 9 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 9 counties across 2 states/territories.

Florida view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 5 I ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/KOEL ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/5421178 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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