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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sorbus aucuparia ssp. aucuparia   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sorbus aucuparia   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Sorbus aucuparia

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)

Sorbus aucuparia

INCLUDED WITHIN Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Pyrus aucuparia

 

COMMON NAME:
European Mountain-ash, Rowan


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image of Sorbus aucuparia ssp. aucuparia, European Mountain-ash, Rowan

Zelimir Borzan, University of Zagreb, Bugwood.org    bug_1379054

        

image of Sorbus aucuparia ssp. aucuparia, European Mountain-ash, Rowan

L.H. / USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service    pnd_soau_005_lhd

        

image of Sorbus aucuparia ssp. aucuparia, European Mountain-ash, Rowan

JK Marlow    jkm0407o_30

July    Haywood County    NC

image of Sorbus aucuparia ssp. aucuparia, European Mountain-ash, Rowan

JK Marlow    jkm0407o_32

July    Haywood County    NC

A small, widely planted European tree which occasionally naturalizes, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

image of Sorbus aucuparia ssp. aucuparia, European Mountain-ash, Rowan

Gil Wojciech, Polish Forest Research Institute, Bugwood.org     bug_1261144

Month Unknown        

image of Sorbus aucuparia ssp. aucuparia, European Mountain-ash, Rowan

Tom DeGomez, University of Arizona, Bugwood.org    bug_5390022

Month Unknown        

Leaves with 11-15 bluntly pointed hairy leaflets, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).


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image of Sorbus aucuparia ssp. aucuparia, European Mountain-ash, Rowan

Tom DeGomez, University of Arizona, Bugwood.org    bug_5390024

Month Unknown        

Flowers white, 1/3" across, malodorous, borne in 3-5" flat-topped corymbs, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).

image of Sorbus aucuparia ssp. aucuparia, European Mountain-ash, Rowan

Robert Vidéki, Doronicum Kft., Bugwood.org    bug_5399767

Month Unknown        

image of Sorbus aucuparia ssp. aucuparia, European Mountain-ash, Rowan

Boris Hrasovec, Faculty of Forestry, Bugwood.org    bug_9008001

Month Unknown        

Fruit an orange pome, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sorbus aucuparia ssp. aucuparia   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sorbus aucuparia   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sorbus aucuparia

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Sorbus aucuparia

INCLUDED WITHIN Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Pyrus aucuparia

 

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1443

Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Disturbed areas, rarely cultivated, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: northern Europe

Waif(s)

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 11-15 leaflets
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Orange-red
Pome

 

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