Flower ID: IMG_0352.JPG-04-26-2024 Flower name (scientific): Acer platanoides Linnaeus PY: 1753. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) AY-ser pla-tan-OY-dees Flower name (common): Norway Maple Family name (common): Soapberry Family name (scientific): Sapindaceae Scientific name origin: Genus: Latin name for maple. Also the Latin meaning sharp, either a reference to its use in making spears or to the leaf shape. Specific epithet: Latin for plane-tree-like. Common name origin: Flower description: Size: 0.2 to 0.3 inches (5 to 8 mm) Petal count: 5 Color: yellow or greenish-yellow Other: flower arrangement, Panicle Plant description: Size: 480 to 960 inches (12 to 24 m) Stem hairy: Other: Leaf description: attachment is opposite, type is simple and lobed Size: Color: Hairy: Other: Shape: leaf, palmately lobed (typically 5 lobes) (IL) Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Introduced, invasive Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Common Bloom time (typical): April to May Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Perennial Habitat: Fruit: Seed: Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): Ethnobotany: Latitude: Longitude: Altitude: Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Ashland, Bayfield, Brown, Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Door, Douglas, Grant, Green, Green Lake, Iron, Jefferson, Kenosha, La Crosse, Lafayette, Manitowoc, Marathon, Marinette, Milwaukee, Oconto, Ozaukee, Portage, Racine, Richland, Rock, Sheboygan, Walworth, Washington, Waukesha, Waushara, Wood) Click here for distribution map In US: (CT, DC, DE, ID, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, TN, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV) Click here for distribution map In Canada: (BC, NB, NS, ON, PE, QC) Click here for distribution map References: Synonym(s): Basionym: na Homotypic Synonym(s): Heterotypic Synonym(s): Autonym:Acer platanoides subsp. platanoides (The other subspecies is Acer platanoides subsp.turkestanicum (Pax) P. C.d e Jong which is not native to North America.) Wetland Status (NC): UPL Wetland Status (MW): UPL