Acer pseudosieboldianum

Purple bloom maple or Korean maple is in the soapberry or Sapindaceae family and is native to China, Korea and the Russian Far East. It is a small tree or shrub, reaching up to 8 m in height.

• Branchlets are sticky, long and slender; new growth is coated with white, sticky hairs (unlike the similar A. sieboldianum, which lacks hairs).
• Leaves are deciduous, simple, opposite, papery, 10–15 cm across, with 9–11 lobes, lower surface densely white pubescent, margins double-serrate, apex acuminate; petiole 3.5–4 cm long, densely pubescent when young; they turn shades of red, yellow and orange in the fall and exhibit marcescence (holding a portion of the dried leaves over the winter).
• Species is dioecious; pistillate flowers are white with purple bracts, in groups of 5.
• Winged samaras are double, 3 cm long, purplish yellow, wings strongly veined, spreading obtusely, maturing in September.