| General Description | This rare broadleaf maple is an endangered species, it has been placed on the IUCN Red List as globally threatened. It resembles Acer rubrum, but is smaller. |
| ID Characteristic | Blue tinged twigs. |
| Shape | Rounded crown. |
| Notable Specimens | Westonbirt, The National Arboretum, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England. |
| Habitat | Wetlands of central Honshu, Japan. |
| Leaf Description | Leaves are three-lobed with lobs that are triangular-ovate and biserrate. They are dark green and glaborous on the top and glaucous blue-tinged underneath. |
| Flower Description | Red. |
| Fruit Description | Glaborous with wings erect or at an acute angle. |
