Sorbus frutescens

Sorbus frutescens
Fruit with Autumn foliage
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Sorbus
Species:
S. frutescens
Binomial name
Sorbus frutescens
McAll.[1]
Synonyms[2]

Pyrus frutescens (McAll.) M.F.Fay & Christenh.

Sorbus frutescens is a species of rowan native to Gansu province of China.[2] Often mistakenly lumped in with Sorbus koehneana, it is a very small tree reaching only 2 m at maturity, with white fruit[3] against dark green pinnate leaves which turn shades of red and bronze in autumn.

It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental.[4]

References

  1. ^ Sorbus & Rowans: 233 (2005)
  2. ^ a b "Sorbus frutescens McAll". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Sorbus frutescens - helmipihlaja". mustila.fi. Arboretum Mustila. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Sorbus frutescens". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
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