Acer rufinerve
Redvein Maple
5 to 7
Japan
 
30 to 35 feet
Borne in rusty brown pubescent racemes in May.
 
Opposite, simple, 2 1/2 to 5” long, 3-lobed to obscurely 5-lobed, truncate or cordate, terminal lobe triangular, larger than the laterals, margins finely and irregularly toothed, dark green above, glabrous, lower pale with reddish down on veins; petiole 1 to 2” long, pubescent in youth.
Red
 
 
Samaras are 3/4 inch in length and have wings that angle in 90 to 120 degrees.

 

 

  • ‘Albolimbatum’ is a handsome cultivar with white splashed and marbled leaves, the entire variegation pattern quite irregular.
     
  • ‘Winter Gold’ offers bright. golden yellow winter bark which changes to yellow-green in spring and summer; smaller in habit but otherwise similar to the species.

 

 

 

 
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