Sorbus Frutescens

Sorbus frutescens
	Fruit with Autumn foliage
Scientific 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.
Synonyms
	Pyrus frutescens (McAll.) M.F.Fay & Christenh.

Short description: Species of plant in the genus Sorbus

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

↑ Sorbus & Rowans: 233 (2005)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Sorbus frutescens McAll.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77069164-1.
↑ "Sorbus frutescens - helmipihlaja". Arboretum Mustila. http://www.mustila.fi/en/plants/sorbus/frutescens.
↑ "Sorbus frutescens". The Royal Horticultural Society. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/238575/i-Sorbus-frutescens-i/Details. Retrieved 11 October 2020.

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[1] Sorbus & Rowans: 233 (2005)

[77069164-1-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "Sorbus frutescens McAll.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77069164-1.

[3] "Sorbus frutescens - helmipihlaja". Arboretum Mustila. http://www.mustila.fi/en/plants/sorbus/frutescens.

[4] "Sorbus frutescens". The Royal Horticultural Society. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/238575/i-Sorbus-frutescens-i/Details. Retrieved 11 October 2020.